2000 No. 1338 (C. 39)
The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000
Made
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 45 of the Employment Relations Act 19991, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000.
Commencement2
The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 6th June 2000—
a
section 1 and Schedule 1 (collective bargaining: recognition);
b
section 5 (training);
c
section 6 (unfair dismissal connected with recognition: interim relief);
d
section 25 (CAC: proceedings).
Transitional provisions
3
1
In Schedule A1 to the 1992 Act, which is inserted by Schedule 1 to the Act—
a
paragraphs 156 to 160 (detriment) have effect in relation to an act or failure to act only where the act or failure takes place on or after 6th June 2000; and
b
paragraphs 161 to 162 (dismissal to be regarded as unfair for the purposes of Part X of the 1996 Act) have effect in relation to an employee’s dismissal only where the effective date of termination (within the meaning of section 97 of the 1996 Act) falls on or after 6th June 2000.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)—
a
where an act extends over a period, the reference to the date of the act is a reference to the last day of that period, and
b
a failure to act is to be treated as done when it was decided on.
3
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) an employer shall be taken, in the absence of evidence establishing the contrary, to decide on a failure to act—
a
when he does an act inconsistent with doing the failed act, or
b
if he has done no such inconsistent act, when the period expires within which he might reasonably have been expected to do the failed act if it was to be done.
4
The amendments to Part X of the 1996 Act made by section 6 of the Act have effect in relation to an employee’s dismissal only where the effective date of termination (within the meaning of section 97 of the 1996 Act) falls on or after 6th June 2000.
(This note is not part of the Order)
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order.
Provisions | Date of Commencement | S.I. No |
|---|---|---|
Sections 2 and 3 | 25th October 1999 | |
Sections 7 to 9 | 15th December 1999 | |
Subsections (1) to (3) of section 13 | 25th October 1999 | |
Section 16 | 24th April 2000 | |
Subsections (1) to (5) of section 18 | 25th October 1999 | |
Section 18(6) | 30th September 1999 | |
Sections 19 to 23 | 25th October 1999 | |
Section 24 | 22nd February 2000 | |
Sections 26 to 33 | 25th October 1999 | |
Section 34(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) | 17th December 1999 | |
Section 34(4) | 25th October 1999 | |
Sections 35 and 36(1) (partially) | 25th October 1999 | |
Section 36 (to the extent that it was not brought into force on 25th October 1999) | 17th December 1999 | |
Section 37 | 25th October 1999 | |
Section 38 | 9th September 1999 | |
Sections 39 and 40 | 25th October 1999 | |
Section 42 | 9th September 1999 | |
Sections 43 and 44 (partially) | 25th October 1999 | |
Section 44 (partially) | 17th December 1999 | |
Schedule 2 | 25th October 1999 | |
Schedule 4 | 15th December 1999 | |
Schedule 5 | 24th April 2000 | |
Schedules 6, 7 (partially) and 9 (partially) | 25th October 1999 | |
Schedule 9 (partially) | 17th December 1999 |