Employment Act 1988

Procedure before the Certification Officer E+W+S

22 Procedure before the Certification Officer. E+W+S

(1) Except in relation to matters as to which express provision is made by or under any enactment, the Certification Officer may regulate the procedure to be followed—

(a) on any application or complaint made to him; or

(b) where his approval is sought with respect to any matter;

and, without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by this subsection, the provision made by the Certification Officer in exercise of that power shall include such provision as he considers appropriate for restricting the circumstances in which the identity of an individual who has made, or is proposing to make, any such application or complaint is disclosed to any person.

(2) The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, may by scheme make provision for the payment by the Certification Officer to any persons of such sums as may be specified in or determined under the scheme in respect of expenses incurred by those persons for the purposes of, or in connection with, their attendance at hearings held by the Certification Officer in the course of carrying out his functions.

(3) In Part III of Schedule 1 to the M1 Employment Protection Act 1975 (supplementary provisions with respect to ACAS), after paragraph 32 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“ Expenses of hearings before the Certification Officer

32A The Service shall pay to the Certification Officer such sums as he may require for the making of payments in pursuance of any scheme made by the Secretary of State under section 22(2) of the Employment Act 1988.”

Marginal Citations

M1 1975 c. 71.