Industrial Tribunals (Labour Relations) (Amendment) Regulations 1976
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1976/661 |
| Year | 1976 |
1976 No. 661
INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS
The Industrial Tribunals (Labour Relations) (Amendment) Regulations 197627thApril 1976
11thMay 1976
1stJune 1976
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 21 of Part III of Schedule 1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974(a), as amended by paragraphs 18, 19, 22 and 23 of Part III of Schedule 16 to the Employment Protection Act 1975(b), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals hereby makes the following Regulations amending the Industrial Tribunals (Labour Relations) Regulations 1974(c) (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Regulations"):—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial Tribunals (Labour Relations) (Amendment) Regulations 1976 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1976.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(d) shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendment of principal Regulations
2. In Regulation 2(2) of the principal Regulations:—
(a) for the definition of "the 1965 Act" there shall be substituted the following definition:—
"'the 1965 Act' means the Redundancy Payments Act 1965(e) as amended by the Redundancy Rebates Act 1969(f) and the Employment Protection Act 1975";
(b) for the definition of "the 1974 Act" there shall be substituted the following definition:—
" 'the 1974 Act' means the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 as amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 and the
(a) 1974 c. 52.
(b) 1975 c. 71.
(c) S.I. 1974/1386 (1974 II, p. 5330).
(d) 1889 c. 63.
(e) 1965 c. 62.
(f) 1969 c. 8.
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Amendment) Act 1976(a)";
(c) there shall be inserted immediately after the definition of "the clerk to the tribunal" the following definition:—
"'the Commission' means the Equal Opportunities Commission established under section 53 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975(b).".
3. In Rule 6(1)(c) of the Schedule to the principal Regulations for the words "be seriously prejudicial to the interests of" there shall be substituted the words "cause substantial injury to" and for the words "28(1)" there shall be substituted the words "29(1).".
4. For paragraph (5) of Rule 6 of the Schedule to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
"The Secretary of State if he so elects shall be...
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