1997 No. 2161
The Race Relations (Complaints to Industrial Tribunals) (Armed Forces) Regulations 1997
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 75(9A) and (10)(aa) of the Race Relations Act 19761, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Race Relations (Complaints to Industrial Tribunals) (Armed Forces) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997.
2
1
A person may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal under section 54 of the Race Relations Act 1976, notwithstanding that section 75(9) of that Act would otherwise preclude the presentation of such a complaint, where—
a
he has made a complaint in respect of the same matter to an officer under the service redress procedures; and
b
that complaint has not been withdrawn.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) above, a person shall be treated as having withdrawn his complaint if, having made a complaint to an officer under the service redress procedures, he fails to submit that complaint to the Defence Council under those procedures.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)