2.—(1) Subsection (1B) of section 17A(1) of the Act (as inserted by regulation 9(2)(c)) applies in relation to a complaint presented to an industrial tribunal before the commencement date, as well as one presented on or after that date; but it does not affect any case in which a complaint was determined by an industrial tribunal before the commencement date.
(2) The amendment made to section 56(3) of the Act by regulation 22(c) shall not apply in the case of a question served on a respondent before the commencement date.
(3) In paragraph (2), “question” and “respondent” shall be construed in accordance with section 56 of the Act.
(4) In this regulation, “the commencement date” means 1st October 2004.
Regulation 9(1) renumbers section 8 of the Act as section 17A