Paragraph 6 C1

England, Wales and Scotland

In section 71 of the 1978 Act (compensation for failure to comply with section 69)—

(a)

in subsection (2)(b) (additional award), after the word unless there shall be inserted the words “ the case is one where this paragraph is excluded or ”; and

(b)

after that subsection there shall be inserted—

“(2A)
Subsection (2)(b) is excluded where the reason (or, if more than one, the principal reason) for the dismissal or, in a redundancy case, for selecting the employee for dismissal, was an inadmissible reason.
(2B)
For the purposes of subsection (2A) a reason is inadmissible if it is one of those specified in section 57A(1)(a) and (b).”.

Annotations

Modifications

C1: Sch. 5 para. 6 restricted (27.7.1993) by S.I. 1993/1908, art. 3(11).

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Words in long title substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Notes on Schedule 5

Textual amendments

F1: Schs. 2-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)