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Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 1996 No. 173 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
24 April 1996
In force from
1 June 1996
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Corporate, financial services, company law, employment, charity, electoral and tax

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations revoke and replace Regulations prescribing rules of procedure for industrial tribunals in Northern Ireland. Schedule 1 contains rules of procedure which apply to all proceedings before an industrial tribunal except where separate rules of procedure made under any other statutory provision are applicable. Schedule 2 contains rules of procedure which complement those in Schedule 1 and are applicable in proceedings involving an equal value claim made under the Equal Pay Act (Northern Ireland) 1970. Schedule 3 contains rules of procedure for use in proceedings in levy appeals made under Article 24(4) of the Industrial Training (Northern Ireland) Order 1984. Schedule 4 contains rules of procedure for use in proceedings on an appeal against an improvement notice or prohibition notice made under Article 26 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978. Schedule 5 contains rules of procedure for use in proceedings on an appeal against a non-discrimination notice under Article 68 of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976. The Regulations make the following principal changes— a the industrial tribunals rules of procedure provide that if upon a pre-hearing review the tribunal considers that a party’s contentions have no reasonable prospect of success it may order that party to pay to the Secretary a deposit not exceeding £150 as a condition for being permitted to continue to take part in the proceedings; b in an appeal (other than a levy appeal or an appeal against a prohibition notice or improvement notice) in a case involving allegations of sexual misconduct a tribunal may make a reporting restriction order; c in appeals against an improvement notice or prohibition notice under the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 or against a non-discrimination notice under the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 an order for costs may be made against an appellant who brings or conducts proceedings in a specified manner; d service of documents may be effected by use of a document exchange provided that certain conditions are specified.

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