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(1)The amount of—
(a)any compensation awarded to a person under section 117(1) and (2), or
(b)a compensatory award to a person calculated in accordance with section 123,
shall not exceed [F1the amount specified in subsection (1ZA)].
[F2(1ZA)The amount specified in this subsection is the lower of—
(a)[F3£78,962], and
(b)52 multiplied by a week’s pay of the person concerned.]
[F4(1A)Subsection (1) shall not apply to compensation awarded, or a compensatory award made, to a person in a case where he is regarded as unfairly dismissed by virtue of section 100, 103A, 105(3) or 105(6A).]
F5(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)In the case of compensation awarded to a person under section 117(1) and (2), the limit imposed by this section may be exceeded to the extent necessary to enable the award fully to reflect the amount specified as payable under section 114(2)(a) or section 115(2)(d).
(4)Where—
(a)a compensatory award is an award under paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 117, and
(b)an additional award falls to be made under paragraph (b) of that subsection,
the limit imposed by this section on the compensatory award may be exceeded to the extent necessary to enable the aggregate of the compensatory and additional awards fully to reflect the amount specified as payable under section 114(2)(a) or section 115(2)(d).
(5)The limit imposed by this section applies to the amount which the [F6employment tribunal] would, apart from this section, award in respect of the subject matter of the complaint after taking into account—
(a)any payment made by the respondent to the complainant in respect of that matter, and
(b)any reduction in the amount of the award required by any enactment or rule of law.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 124(1) substituted (29.7.2013) by The Unfair Dismissal (Variation of the Limit of Compensatory Award) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1949), arts. 1, 2(2) (with art. 4)
F2S. 124(1ZA) inserted (29.7.2013) by The Unfair Dismissal (Variation of the Limit of Compensatory Award) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1949), arts. 1, 2(3) (with art. 4)
F3Word in s. 124(1ZA)(a) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/288), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. (with art. 4)
F4S. 124(1A) inserted (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 37(1); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
F5S. 124(2) repealed (17.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 36(1)(3), 44, Sch. 9(10); S.I. 1999/3374, art. 2(b)(c), Sch.
F6Words in s. 124(5) substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2)(a) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 117-127A applied (with modifications) (2.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1548, reg. 3
C2S. 124 power to amend conferred (25.4.2013 for specified purposes, 25.6.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 15(1)-(9), 103(1)(i), 103(2) (with s. 24(4))
C3S. 124(1) applied (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 39, s. 24(4)(b); S.I. 1998/2574, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
S. 124(1): power to amend conferred (17.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 34(1)(c); S.I. 1999/3374, art. 2(a)
S. 124(1) applied (6.6.2000) by 1992 c. 52, s. 70A, Sch. A1 para. 160(2)(b) (as inserted (6.6.2000) by 1999 c. 26, s. 1, Sch. 1; S.I. 2000/1338, art. 2 (with transitional provisions in art. 3)
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