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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-and-employment-tribunal-procedure-amendment-rules-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/115",
  "legislation_title": "The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-and-employment-tribunal-procedure-amendment-rules-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES\nEMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS\nMade 5th February 2026\nLaid before Parliament 9th February 2026\nComing into force 2nd March 2026\nThe Tribunal Procedure Committee makes these Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 9(1) and 37QA of, and Schedule A1 to, the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”) and section 22 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”).\nThe Tribunal Procedure Committee has consulted in accordance with paragraph 21(1) and (2) of Schedule A1 to the 1996 Act and paragraph 28(1) of Schedule 5 to the 2007 Act.\nThe Lord Chancellor has allowed these Rules in accordance with paragraph 21 of Schedule A1 to the 1996 Act and paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 5 to the 2007 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Tribunal Procedure Committee was constituted under Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 17 (“the Act”); section 1(2) of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8) provides that the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 may be cited as the Employment Tribunals Act 1996. Sections 7 and 9(1) of the Act were substituted by, and section 37QA of and Schedule A1 to the Act were inserted by, section 34(2) and (4) of, and paragraphs 1 and 5(3) of Schedule 5 to, the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35) (“the 2022 Act”). Paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 4 to the 2022 Act sets out an amendment to Schedule A1 which is not yet in force. Paragraph 21 of Schedule A1 to the Act applies Part 3 of Schedule 5 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, with certain modifications, to the making of Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules (as defined in section 37QA of the Act), to provide for procedural requirements for the making of such rules."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2007 c. 15; paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4 to the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 sets out an amendment to section 22 which is not yet in force."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/115/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:23.697370+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."
}