(1)Every contract of employment shall have effect to require the employer and employee to comply, in relation to any matter to which a statutory procedure applies, with the requirements of the procedure.
(2)Subsection (1) shall have effect notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, but does not affect so much of an agreement to follow a particular procedure as requires the employer or employee to comply with a requirement which is additional to, and not inconsistent with, the requirements of the statutory procedure.
(3)The Secretary of State may for the purpose of this section by regulations make provision about the application of the statutory procedures.
(4)In this section, “contract of employment” has the same meaning as in the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 29-32 modified by SI 2003/1964 art. 3 Sch. (as amended) (E.) (1.10.2004) by Education (Modification of Enactments Relating to Employment) (England) (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2325), arts. 1, 2
Commencement Information
I1S. 30(3) in force at 27.4.2003 by S.I. 2003/1190, art. 2(1)