The Courts and Tribunals Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This order amends several fees orders.

Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeals Tribunal Fees Order 2013 (SI 2013/1893)

This order replaces the words “struck out” with the more appropriate term “dismissed”.

It also applies the higher Type B application fee and hearing fee to the following:

• a complaint in relation to a breach of a sex equality clause under section 66 of the Equality Act 2010 (c.15),

• a complaint in relation to a breach of, or application in relation to the effect of, a sex equality rule in an occupational pension scheme under section 67 of the Equality Act 2010,

• a complaint in relation to failure of an employer to inform or consult under regulation 13 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246),

• a complaint that an employer has refused to allow compensation, payment or compensatory rest under regulations 24, 24A, 27 and 27A of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833), and

• a complaint that an employer has failed to allow time off for studies or training or if a refusal is based on incorrect facts under sections 63D to 63I of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18).

It also substitutes a new table of Type A claims in Schedule 2.

Court of Protection Fees Order 2007 (SI 2007/1745)

This order amends Schedule 2 to extend the period for application of a fee refund.

Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 (SI 2008/1053) and the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 (SI 2008/1054)

This order changes the terminology used in relation to enforcement fees to bring it into line with the provisions on taking control of goods under section 62 of, and Schedule 12 to, the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15).

This order also amends each statutory instrument amended by the Courts and Tribunals Fee Remissions Order 2013 (SI 2013/2032) to correct the numbering in the definition of “excluded benefits” in the schedule dealing with remissions and in that definition, corrects the reference to “any childcare element of the child tax credit” to “any childcare element of the working tax credit”.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen, except where amendments are made to align fees with what was originally intended when fees were introduced in Employment tribunals and the Employment Appeals Tribunal. A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect of those fees is available alongside the Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeals Tribunal Fees Order 2013 on the OPSI website.