Equal Pay (Questions and Replies) Order 2003
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2003/722 |
| Year | 2003 |
2003 No. 722
SEX DISCRIMINATION
The Equal Pay (Questions and Replies) Order 2003
Made 13th March 2003
Laid before Parliament 14th March 2003
Coming into force 6th April 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 7B of the Equal Pay Act 19701, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Equal Pay (Questions and Replies) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 6th April 2003.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Equal Pay Act 1970;
“tribunal” means an employment tribunal.
Forms for questions and replies
2. The forms set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to this Order or forms to the like effect are, respectively, hereby prescribed as forms by which—
(a) a complainant may question a respondent as mentioned in subsection (2)(a) of section 7B of the Act; and
(b) a respondent may if he so wishes reply to any questions.
Period for service of questions
3. The period prescribed for the purposes of subsection (7)(a) of section 7B of the Act (period within which questions must be duly served in order to be admissible in proceedings before a tribunal under subsection (3) or (5) of section 7B) shall be—
(a) where a question was served before a complaint or reference had been presented or made to a tribunal, the period starting on 6th April 2003 and ending on the day before a complaint is presented to a tribunal; or
(b) where a question was served at or after the time when a complaint or reference had been presented or made to a tribunal—
(i) the period of twenty-one days beginning with the day on which the complaint or reference was presented or made; or
(ii) any longer period that the tribunal may on application allow.
Period for service of reply
4. The period prescribed for the purpose of subsections (4)(a) and (6)(a) of section 7B (power of the tribunal to draw inferences from an employer’s failure to reply to a question within such period) shall be—
(a) except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the period of eight weeks starting on the day that a question was duly served; or
(b) where a question was asked before 6th April 2003, the period of eight weeks starting on 6th April 2003.
Manner of service of questions and replies
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