Part 9Enforcement
Chapter 4Equality of terms
I1129Time limits
1
This section applies to—
a
a complaint relating to a breach of an equality clause or rule;
b
an application for a declaration referred to in section 127(3) or (4).
2
Proceedings on the complaint or application may not be brought in an employment tribunal after the end of the qualifying period.
3
If the complaint or application relates to terms of work other than terms of service in the armed forces, the qualifying period is, in a case mentioned in the first column of the table, the period mentioned in the second column F1, subject to section 140A.
Case | Qualifying period |
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A standard case | The period of 6 months beginning with the last day of the employment or appointment. |
A stable work case (but not if it is also a concealment or incapacity case (or both)) | The period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the stable working relationship ended. |
A concealment case (but not if it is also an incapacity case) | The period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the worker discovered (or could with reasonable diligence have discovered) the qualifying fact. |
An incapacity case (but not if it is also a concealment case) | The period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the worker ceased to have the incapacity. |
A case which is a concealment case and an incapacity case. | The period of 6 months beginning with the later of the days on which the period would begin if the case were merely a concealment or incapacity case. |
4
If the complaint or application relates to terms of service in the armed forces, the qualifying period is, in a case mentioned in the first column of the table, the period mentioned in the second column.
Case | Qualifying period |
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A standard case | The period of 9 months beginning with the last day of the period of service during which the complaint arose. |
A concealment case (but not if it is also an incapacity case) | The period of 9 months beginning with the day on which the worker discovered (or could with reasonable diligence have discovered) the qualifying fact. |
An incapacity case (but not if it is also a concealment case) | The period of 9 months beginning with the day on which the worker ceased to have the incapacity. |
A case which is a concealment case and an incapacity case. | The period of 9 months beginning with the later of the days on which the period would begin if the case were merely a concealment or incapacity case. |