The Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2012

Made: 23rd January 2012

Laid before Parliament: 24th January 2012

Coming into force: 15th February 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 9(3) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996[^f00001]:

Citation, commencement and revocation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2012 and comes into force on 15th February 2012.

• (2) The Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2001[^f00002] is revoked.

Increase of Maximum Deposit

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In section 9(2)(a)[^f00003] of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 for “£500” substitute “£1,000”.

Signed

Edward Davey — Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills — 23rd January 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends section 9(2)(a) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, which provides a power to make regulations authorising employment tribunals to order the payment of a deposit if a party wishes to continue to participate in proceedings. The amendment contained in this Order substitutes the maximum sum of the deposit that may be specified in such regulations, replacing £500 with £1,000.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1996 c. 17; by virtue of section 1 of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8) industrial tribunals were renamed employment tribunals and references to “industrial tribunal” and “industrial tribunals” in any enactment were substituted with “employment tribunal” and “employment tribunals”.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2001/237.

[^f00003]: Section 9(2)(a) was amended by the Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/237).