Employment Tribunals Act 1996

Jurisdiction E+W+S

21 Jurisdiction of Appeal Tribunal. E+W+S

(1) An appeal lies to the Appeal Tribunal on any question of law arising from any decision of, or arising in any proceedings before, an [F1 employment tribunal] under or by virtue of—

(a) M1 the Equal Pay Act 1970,

(b) M2 the Sex Discrimination Act 1975,

(c) M3 the Race Relations Act 1976,

(d) M4 the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992,

(e) M5 the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, F2 . . .

(f) M6 the Employment Rights Act 1996 [F3 F4 . . .

[F5 (ff) the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, F6 . . .]

[(fg) F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(g) this Act]

[F8 (h) the Working Time Regulations 1998, F9 . . .

(i) the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999.]

[F10 F11 . . .

(j) the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000.]

[F12 or

(k)

the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002.]

(2) No appeal shall lie except to the Appeal Tribunal from any decision of an [F1 employment tribunal] under or by virtue of the Acts listed [F13 or the Regulations referred to] in subsection (1).

(3) Subsection (1) does not affect any provision contained in, or made under, any Act which provides for an appeal to lie to the Appeal Tribunal (whether from an [F1 employment tribunal], the Certification Officer or any other person or body) otherwise than on a question to which that subsection applies.

[F14 (4) The Appeal Tribunal also has any jurisdiction in respect of matters other than appeals which is conferred on it by or under—

(a) the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992,

(b) this Act, or

(c) any other Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 21 substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2)(a) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F2 Word in s. 21(1)(e) repealed (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 15, Sch. 2; S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F3 S. 21(1)(g) and word “or" immediately preceding inserted (retrospectively) by 1998 c. 8, ss. 15, 17(3), Sch. 1 para. 17(1)(2)

F4 Word at the end of s. 21(1)(f) repealed (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 39, s. 53, Sch. 3 (with s. 36); S.I. 1998/2574, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F5 S. 21(1)(ff) inserted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 39, s. 29 (with s. 36); S.I. 1998/2574, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F6 Word in s. 21(1)(ff) omitted (5.10.1999) by virtue of 1999 c. 10, ss. 7, 19(4), 20(2), Sch. 3 para. 5, Sch. 6 and expressed to be omitted (15.1.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1999/3323, reg. 35(3)(a)

F7 S. 21(1)(fg) inserted (5.10.1999) by 1999 c. 10, ss. 7, 19(4), 20(2), Sch. 3 para. 5, Sch. 6 and repealed (6.4.2003) by 2002 c. 21, ss. 60, 61, Sch. 6; S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(3)(e), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3, 4)

F8 S. 21(1)(h)(i) substituted (15.1.2000) for words at the end of subsection (1) by S.I. 1999/3323, reg. 35(3)

F9 Word at the end of s. 21(1)(h) omitted (1.7.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/1551, reg. 10, Sch. para. 1(b)(i)

F10 S. 21(1)(j) and word “or" immediately preceding it inserted (1.7.2000) by S.I. 2000/1551, reg. 10, Sch. para. 1(b)(ii)

F11 Word at the end of s. 21(1)(i) omitted (1.10.2002) by virtue of S.I. 2002/2034, reg. 11 Sch. 2 para. 2(b)(i)

F12 S. 21(1)(k) inserted (1.10.2002) by S.I. 2002/2034, reg. 11 Sch. 2 para. 2(b)(ii)

F13 Words in s. 21(2) inserted (1.10.1998) by S.I. 1998/1833, reg. 34(b)

F14 S. 21(4) inserted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 15, Sch. 1 para. 17(3); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 1970 c.41

M2 1975 c.65

M3 1976 c.74

M4 1992 c.52

M5 1995 c.50

M6 1996 c.18