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The Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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When the claim will not be accepted by the Secretary

3.—(1) The Secretary shall not accept or register the claim (or a relevant part of it) if it is clear to him that one or more of the following circumstances applies –

(a)the claim does not include all the relevant required information;

(b)the tribunal does not have power to consider the claim (or that relevant part of it); or

(c)Article 19 of the Employment Order (complaints about grievances: industrial tribunals) applies to the claim or part of it and the claim has been presented to the tribunal in breach of paragraphs (2) to (4) of that Article,

(2) If the Secretary decides not to accept a claim or part of one for any of the reasons in paragraph (1), he shall refer the claim together with a statement of his reasons for not accepting it to a chairman. The chairman shall decide in accordance with the criteria in paragraph (1) whether the claim or part of it should be accepted and allowed to proceed.

(3) If the chairman decides that the claim or part of it should be accepted he shall inform the Secretary in writing and the Secretary shall accept the relevant part of the claim and then proceed to deal with it in accordance with rule 2(2).

(4) If the chairman decides that the claim or part of it should not be accepted he shall record his decision together with the reasons for it in writing in a document signed by him. The Secretary shall as soon as is reasonably practicable inform the claimant of that decision and the reasons for it in writing together with information on how that decision may be reviewed or appealed.

(5) Where a claim or part of one has been presented to the tribunal in breach of paragraphs (2) to (4) of Article 19 of the Employment Order, the Secretary shall notify the claimant of the time limit which applies to the claim or the part of it concerned and shall inform the claimant of the consequences of not complying with Article 19 of that Order.

(6) Except for the purposes of paragraphs (5) and (7) or any appeal, where a chairman has decided that a claim or part of one should not be accepted such a claim (or the relevant part of it) is to be treated as if it had not been received by the Secretary on that occasion.

(7) Any decision by a chairman not to accept a claim or part of one may be reviewed in accordance with rules 34 to 36. If the result of such review is that any parts of the claim should have been accepted, then paragraph (6) shall not apply to the relevant parts of that claim and the Secretary shall then accept such parts and proceed to deal with it in accordance with rule 2(2).

(8) A decision to accept or not to accept a claim or part of one shall not bind any future tribunal or chairman where any of the issues listed in paragraph (1) fall to be determined later in the proceedings.

(9) Except in rule 34 (review of other decisions), all references to a claim in the remainder of these Rules are to be read as references to only the part of the claim which has been accepted.

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