Employment Tribunals Act 1996

15 Enforcement.E+W+S

(1)Any sum payable in pursuance of a decision of an [F1employment tribunal] in England and Wales which has been registered in accordance with [F2Procedure Rules] [F3shall be recoverable [F4under section 85 of the County Courts Act 1984] or otherwise as if it were payable under an order of [F5the county court]. ]

(2)Any order for the payment of any sum made by an [F1employment tribunal] in Scotland (or any copy of such an order certified by the Secretary of the Tribunals) may be enforced as if it were an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland.

(3)In this section a reference to a decision or order of an [F1employment tribunal]

(a)does not include a decision or order which, on being [F6reconsidered or] reviewed, has been revoked by the tribunal, and

(b)in relation to a decision or order which on being [F7reconsidered or] reviewed, has been varied by the tribunal, shall be construed as a reference to the decision or order as so varied.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 15 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

F5Words in s. 15(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)