{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-39.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/1980",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Time limit for proceedings",
  "text": "(1) An industrial tribunal shall not entertain a complaint under Article 38 unless it is presented—\n(a) before the end of the period of six months beginning with the date of the expulsion, or\n(b) where the tribunal is satisfied that it was not reasonably practicable for the complaint to be presented before the end of that period, within such further period as the tribunal considers reasonable.\n(2) Article 147A (extension of time limits to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings) applies for the purposes of paragraph (1).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 39(1): art. 39 renumbered as art. 39(1) (27.1.2020) by Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 15), s. 29(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(2); S.R. 2020/1, art. 2(n)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 39(2) inserted (27.1.2020) by Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 15), s. 29(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(3); S.R. 2020/1, art. 2(n)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/1980/article/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:43:54.412212+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}