The Sex Discrimination (Complaints to Industrial Tribunals) (Armed Forces) Regulations 1997

Made: 29th August 1997

Laid before Parliament: 5th September 1997

Coming into force: 1st October 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 85(9C) and (9E) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975[^f00001], hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Sex Discrimination (Complaints to Industrial Tribunals) (Armed Forces) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997.

2

• (1) A person may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal under section 63 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, notwithstanding that section 85(9B) of that Act would otherwise preclude the presentation of such a complaint, where—

• (a) he has made a complaint in respect of the same matter to an officer under the service redress procedures; and

• (b) that complaint has not been withdrawn.

• (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b) above, a person shall be treated as having withdrawn his complaint if, having made a complaint to an officer under the service redress procedures, he fails to submit that complaint to the Defence Council under those procedures.

Signed

John Reid — Minister of State, Ministry of Defence — 29th August 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st October 1997, specify the circumstances in which a person may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal in respect of his service in the armed forces, notwithstanding that he would otherwise be precluded from making such a complaint by section 85(9B) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (which requires a person to go through the service redress procedures before making a complaint to an industrial tribunal).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1975 c. 65; section 85(9C) and (9E) is inserted by section 21 of the Armed Forces Act 1996 (c. 46).