Employment Act 1982

8 Interim relief

(1) For subsection (1) of section 77 of the 1978 Act (interim relief where employee alleges unfair dismissal for union membership or activities) there shall be substituted—

“(1) An employee who presents a complaint to an industrial tribunal under section 67 alleging that the dismissal is to be regarded as unfair by virtue of section 58 may apply to the tribunal for an order under the following provisions of this section.”.

(2) In subsection (3) of section 77 for the words from " , at least" onwards there shall be substituted

“give at the appropriate time—

(a) to the employer; and

(b) in the case of a section 76A request made at least three days before the date of the hearing, to the person to whom the request relates ;

a copy of the application and certificate (if any) together with notice of the date, time and place of the hearing.

(3A) In subsection (3)—

• ' appropriate time ' means—

  (a)

  in relation to paragraph (a), not later than seven days before the date of the hearing ;

  (b)

  in relation to paragraph (b), as soon as reasonably practicable; and

• ' section 76A request' means a request made under section 76A(1) for the tribunal to direct a person to be joined or sisted as a party to the proceedings.”.