Extent Information
E1In its application to Northern Ireland, this Schedule has effect subject to the modifications set out in Sch. 8; see s. 70(6)
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3: word in side note substituted (E.W.S.) (3.7.2003 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.10.2004) by The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1673), regs. 1(2)(3), 29(2)(a) and same word substituted (N.I.) (21.2.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.10.2004) by the Disability Discrimination Act (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/55), regs. 1(2)(3), 28(2)(a)
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Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 3 para. 1 repealed (E.W.S.)(22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 45, 46, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 38) and (N.I.)(24.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/1921 (N.I.18), art. 28, Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)
2[F3(1)Except as provided by Part 2, no civil or criminal proceedings may be brought against any person in respect of an act merely because the act is unlawful under that Part.]
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not prevent the making of an application for judicial review [F4 or the investigation or determination of any matter in accordance with Part 10 (investigations) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 F5 by the Pensions Ombudsman”] [F6 or the investigation or determination of any matter in accordance with the Part X (investigations: the Pensions Ombudsman) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 F7 by the Pensions Ombudsman].
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 3 para. 2(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (3.7.2003 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.10.2004) by The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1673), regs. 1(2)(3), 29(2)(b) and said words substituted (N.I.) (21.2.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.10.2004) by the Disability Discrimination Act (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/55), regs. 1(2)(3), 28(2)(b)
F4Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(2) inserted (E.W.S) (1.12.2003 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.10.2004) by The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Pensions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2770), regs. 1(2)(3), 4(5)
F6Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(2) added (N.I.) (21.2.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.10.2004) by the Disability Discrimination Act (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/55), regs. 1(2)(3), 28(2)(c)
F71993 c. 49; Part X was amended by Articles 152 to 156 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)), paragraph 70 of Schedule 5 to the Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11) and sections 49 and 50 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.))
3(1)An [F8employment tribunal] shall not consider a complaint under [F9section 17A or 25(8)] unless it is presented before the end of the period of three months beginning when the act complained of was done.
(2)A tribunal may consider any such complaint which is out of time if, in all the circumstances of the case, it considers that it is just and equitable to do so.
(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)where an unlawful act F10. . . is attributable to a term in a contract, that act is to be treated as extending throughout the duration of the contract;
(b)any act extending over a period shall be treated as done at the end of that period; and
(c)a deliberate omission shall be treated as done when the person in question decided upon it.
(4)In the absence of evidence establishing the contrary, a person shall be taken for the purposes of this paragraph to decide upon an omission—
(a)when he does an act inconsistent with doing the omitted act; or
(b)if he has done no such inconsistent act, when the period expires within which he might reasonably have been expected to do the omitted act if it was to be done.
Textual Amendments
F8Words in Sch. 3 para. 3 substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2))
F9Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (3.7.2003 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.10.2004) by The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1673), regs. 1(2)(3), 29(2)(c) and said words substituted (N.I.) (21.2.2004 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.10.2004) by the Disability Discrimination Act (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/55), regs. 1(2)(3), 28(2)(d)
F10Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(3)(a) omitted (E.W.S.) (3.7.2003 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.10.2004) by virtue of The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1673), regs. 1(2)(3), 29(2)(d) and said words omitted (N.I.) (21.2.2004 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.10.2004) by virtue of the Disability Discrimination Act (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/55), regs. 1(2)(3), 28(2)(e)
4(1)In any proceedings under [F11section 17A or 25(8)], a certificate signed by or on behalf of a Minister of the Crown and certifying—
(a)that any conditions or requirements specified in the certificate were imposed by a Minister of the Crown and were in operation at a time or throughout a time so specified, F12. . .
F12(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
shall be conclusive evidence of the matters certified.
(2)A document purporting to be such a certificate shall be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate.
Textual Amendments
F11Words in Sch. 3 para. 4(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (3.7.2003, otherwise 1.10.2004) by The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1673), regs. 1(2)(3), 29(2)(e) and said words substituted (N.I.) (21.2.2004 for certain purposes and 1.10.2004 insofar as not yet in force) by the Disability Discrimination Act (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/55), regs. 1(2)(3), 28(2)(f)
F12Sch. 3 para. 4(1)(b) and preceding word repealed (16.7.2001) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 41, 44, Sch. 8 para. 7, Sch. 9(12); S.I. 2001/1187, art. 3, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2001/1461, art. 2)