Section 193 Duty of employer to notify Secretary of State of certain redundancies.

F1An employer proposing to dismiss as redundant 100 or more employees at one establishment within a period of 90 days or less shall notify the Secretary of State, in writing, of his proposal

Subsection (2) applies where an employer is proposing to dismiss as redundant within a period of 90 days or less—

F5An employer proposing to dismiss as redundant F620 or more employees at one establishment within F7such a period The employer shall notify the Secretary of State, in writing, of his proposal

The notice must be given—

In determining how many employees an employer is proposing to dismiss as redundant within the period mentioned in subsection F11(1) or (2) (1A), no account shall be taken of employees in respect of whose proposed dismissal notice has already been given to the Secretary of State.

A notice under this section shall—

After receiving a notice under this section from an employer the Secretary of State may by written notice require the employer to give him such further information as may be specified in the notice.

F14Where there are representatives to be consulted under section 188 the employer shall give to each of them a copy of any notice given under subsection F15(1) or (2).

If in any case there are special circumstances rendering it not reasonably practicable for the employer to comply with any of the requirements of subsections F17(1) (2) to (6), he shall take all such steps towards compliance with that requirement as are reasonably practicable in the circumstances F18Where the decision leading to the proposed dismissals is that of a person controlling the employer (directly or indirectly), a failure on the part of that person to provide information to the employer shall not constitute special circumstances rendering it not reasonably practicable for the employer to comply with any of those requirements..