2022 No. 1034

Employment Tribunals

The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(1), 13(1) and (1C), and 41(4) of the Employment Tribunals Act 19961, makes the following Regulations.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 2ndNovember 2022.

Amendments to Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013

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Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 20132 shall be amended as set out in regulation 3.

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In rule 78 paragraph (1)(b) for “Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment and Further Provisions) 1993”3 substitute “Act of Sederunt (Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules) 2019”4.

Transitional provisions4

The amendments to Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 made by these Regulations apply in relation to proceedings which are presented to an employment tribunal on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force.

Dean RussellMinister for Enterprise and MarketsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 (“the 2013 Regulations”) and come into force on 2nd November 2022.

Regulation 3 amends rule 78 to the Schedule to the 2013 Regulations to update the provision in relation to taxation in Scotland by substituting the “Act of Sederunt (Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules) 2019” for the “Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment and Further Provisions) 1993”.

Regulation 4 provides for transitional arrangements in relation to the above amendment.

The estimated familiarisation costs to business, and the ongoing costs and benefits to business from these reforms are expected to be well below the threshold of £5 million a year required for the production of a full impact assessment.