156 Minimum basic award.E+W+S
(1)Where a dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 152(1) or 153, the amount of the basic award of compensation, before any reduction is made under [F1section 122 of the Employment Rights Act 1996], shall be not less than [F2£4,700].
(2)But where the dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 153, [F3subsection (2)] of that section (reduction for contributory fault) applies in relation to so much of the basic award as is payable because of subsection (1) above.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 156(1) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 240, 243, Sch. 1 para. 56(9)(a) (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F2Words in s. 156(1) substituted (1.2.2009) by Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3055), art. 3, Sch. (with art. 4)
F3Words in s. 156(2) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 240, 243, Sch. 1 para. 56(9)(b) (with ss. 191-195, 202)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 156: power to amend conferred (17.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 34(1)(f); S.I. 1999/3374, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)