227Maximum amount
(1)For the purpose of calculating—
(a)a basic award of compensation for unfair dismissal,
(b)an additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal, or
(c)a redundancy payment,
the amount of a week’s pay shall not exceed £210.
(2)The Secretary of State may vary the limits imposed by subsection (1), after a review under section 208, by order made in accordance with that section.
(3)Such an order may provide that it applies in the case of a dismissal—
(a)in relation to which the date which is the effective date of termination for the purposes of this subsection by virtue of section 97(2) or (4) falls after the order comes into force, or
(b)in relation to which the date which is the relevant date for the purposes of this subsection by virtue of section 145(5) falls after the order comes into force,
even if the date which is the effective date of termination, or the relevant date, for other purposes of this Act falls before the order comes into force.
(4)Subsection (3)—
(a)does not apply to a case within section 96(1) or 137(1), but
(b)is without prejudice to section 236(5).