The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024
Section 10 was substituted by the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26), Schedule 8, paragraph 3 and amended by the Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), section 36 and Schedule 1, paragraph 24, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), Schedule 14, Part 7, paragraph 13(3), the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), Schedule 5, paragraph 6 and S.I. 2010/493 and 2018/579.
Section 7B was inserted by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15) Schedule 8, paragraph 42. Subsection (A1) was inserted by the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), Schedule 5, paragraph 4.
Paragraph 28A was inserted by the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (c. 33), paragraph 45 of the Schedule and applies to the making of Procedure Rules under the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17) by virtue of paragraph 21 of Schedule A1 to the Employment Tribunals Act 1996.
S.I. 2013/1237, amended by S.I. 2024/1156.
S.I. 2014/254, amended by S.I. 2024/1156; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
2000 c. 7; section 15(1) was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), Schedule 17, paragraph 158.
S.I. 1994/1623, amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8), section 1(2), S.I. 2004/752, 2011/1133, 2014/431 and 2019/469. By virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17) reference in article 3(a) to “section 131(2) of the 1978 Act” is to be read as “section 3(2) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996”.
S.I. 1994/1624, amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8), section 1(2), S.I. 2004/752, 2011/1133, 2014/431 and 2019/469. By virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17) reference in article 3(a) to “section 131(2) of the 1978 Act” is to be read as “section 3(2) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996”.
1975 c. 71; section 87 was repealed by the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44), Schedule 17.
1978 c. 44; section 135 was repealed by the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17), Schedule 3, Part 1.
Section 20 contains amendments not relevant to this instrument.
Section 12A was inserted by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), section 16(1), and amended by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), section 150(3), the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), Schedule 5, Part 2, paragraph 10 and S.I. 2019/731.
Regulation 5 contains amendments not relevant to this instrument.
An Employment Judge is defined by the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17), section 3A. Section 3A was inserted by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), Schedule 8, paragraph 36 and amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), Schedule 14, paragraph 13(1).
Regulation 6 contains amendments not relevant to this instrument.
Regulation 14 was amended by S.I. 2024/1156; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
Section 18(1) was amended by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), Schedule 1 paragraphs 5(2) to (6), the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (c. 13), section 12(3)(b), and S.I. 2014/431, 2015/2054, 2016/539, 2018/58, 579, 2019/348, 724 and 2022/1181. An amendment by the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 (c. 46), paragraph 2, Part 1 of the Schedule is not yet in force.
1971 c. 80, to which there are amendments not relevant to this instrument.
Schedule A1 was inserted by the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), Schedule 5, paragraph 1.
1996 c. 18; by virtue of section 1(2) of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8) all references to “industrial tribunal” and “industrial tribunals” in any enactment are substituted with “employment tribunal” and “employment tribunals”. Section 11 was amended by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), Schedule 2, paragraph 16, the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19), Schedule 13, Part 2, paragraph 68 and S.I. 2014/431, 2019/469 and 731.
Sections 43A and 43F were inserted by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (c. 23), section 1. Section 43F was also amended by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), section 18(1)(c).
1998 c. 42, amended by S.I. 2003/1887 and 2004/1574.
1992 c. 52; section 161 was amended by the Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), Schedule 1, paragraph 12 and section 165 was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8), section 1(2).
Section 128 was amended by S.I. 2010/493 and section 131 was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8), section 1(2).
Section 148(4) of the Equality Act 2010 (c. 15) defines “collective agreement” by reference to the meaning given in section 178 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52).
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 was amended by the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), sections 12(2)(a) and 36(4), the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), Schedule 3, Part 3, paragraph 23 and S.I. 2022/357.
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 was amended by the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), Schedule 1, paragraph 2.
1981 c. 54; section 42 was amended by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23), section 24 and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) Schedule 10, Part 2, paragraph 60.
Section 33 was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8), section 1(2) and the Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), section 49.
Sections 120 and 127 were amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), Schedule 9, Part 3, paragraph 52. Section 120 was also amended by the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 (c. 51), section 2 and S.I. 2023/1425. Section 127 was also amended by the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Act 2015 (c. 19), paragraph 14 of the Schedule.
1982 c. 10; section 11 was amended by the Employment Act 1989 (c. 38), Schedule 4, paragraph 10 and Schedule 7, Part 1, and the Further Education and Training Act 2007 (c. 25), sections 24 and 25(2) to (5), and Schedule 1, paragraph 3.
Regulation 14A was inserted by S.I. 2024/1156.
1974 c. 37. Section 22 was amended by the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43), Schedule 3, paragraph 2.
Regulation 14B was inserted by S.I. 2024/1156.
2013 c. 32. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 8 were amended by the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 (c. 15), paragraph 11(2) and (3) of the Schedule, respectively.
2006 c. 3. Section 21 was amended by the Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), Schedule 26, Part 1, paragraph 67, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), Schedule 9, Part 3, paragraph 52 and the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 (c. 51), section 4(2).
Editorial notes
Rule 2 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 4 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 5 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 13 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 24 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 26 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 29 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 30 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 52 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 59 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 60 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 66 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Rule 69 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 11 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)
Words in rule 2(1) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(2)
Words in rule 4 inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(3)
Words in rule 5(3) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(4)
Rule 13(1)(b) substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(5)
Rule 24(2)(b) substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(6)
Rule 26(2A) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(7)
Words in rule 29(1) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(8)
Rule 30(4) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(9)
Rule 52(4) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(10)(b)
Words in rule 52(1)(e) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(10)(a)
Rule 59(2)(3) substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(11)
Words in rule 60(5) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(12)(c)(ii)
Rule 60(4A)-(4E) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(12)(b)
Words in rule 60(4) substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(12)(a)
Words in rule 60(5) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(12)(c)(i)
Words in rule 60(6) substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(12)(d)
Rule 60(7) substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(12)(e)
Rule 65 substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(13)
Word in rule 66 heading substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(14)(a)
Words in rule 66 substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(14)(b)
Words in rule 69 substituted (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(15)(a)
Rule 69(b)(c) substituted for rule 69(b) (2.3.2026) by The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(15)(c)
Words in rule 69(a) omitted (2.3.2026) by virtue of The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(15)(b)(i)
Word in rule 69(a) omitted (2.3.2026) by virtue of The Tribunal Procedure and Employment Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/115), rules 1(2), 8(15)(b)(ii)
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