The Employment Tribunals (Procedure Rules) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024

Amendments to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013

4.—(1) The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(1) (citation), omit the words after “Regulations 2013” to the end.

(3) In regulation 3 (interpretation)—

(a) at the beginning, omit the words from “Except” to “contained in the Schedules,”;

(b) for the definition of “national security proceedings”, substitute—

““national security proceedings” means proceedings in which a direction or order under rule 93 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 is in force;”.

(4) Omit regulations 10A to 13.

(5) In regulation 14(1) (register of judgments), for “Schedules 1 to 3” substitute “the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024”.

(6) After regulation 14, insert—

“Appeals against notices given under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

14A.   A person may appeal against an improvement notice or a prohibition notice given by an inspector under section 21 or 22 respectively of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(2) by presenting a claim to the Tribunal so that it is received—

(a) before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice which is the subject of the appeal is sent to the appellant, or

(b) within such further period as the Tribunal considers reasonable where it is satisfied that it was not reasonably practicable for an appeal to be presented within that period.

Appeals against notices given under the Energy Act 2013

14B.   A person may appeal against an improvement notice or a prohibition notice given by an inspector under paragraph 3 or 4 respectively of Schedule 8 to the Energy Act 2013(3) by presenting a claim to the Tribunal so that it is received—

(a) before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice which is the subject of the appeal is sent to the appellant, or

(b) within such further period as the Tribunal considers reasonable where it is satisfied that it was not reasonably practicable for an appeal to be presented within that period.”.

(7) Omit Schedules 1 to 3 (rules of procedure).

(1)

S.I. 2013/1237, amended by S.I. 2020/1003; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(2)

1974 c. 37.

(3)

2013 c. 32. Paragraphs 3 and 4 were amended by the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 (c. 15), paragraph 11(2) and (3) of the Schedule, respectively.