SCHEDULE 5 Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules: Further Provision | Part 2 | Other Amendments Of The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 | Judicial Review And Courts Act 2022 C35

Part 2 Other Amendments of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 35) | Legislation

Part 2 Other Amendments of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996

Introduction

The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 is amended as follows.

Employment tribunals

(1) Section 7A (practice directions) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (A1), after “about the” insert “practice and”.

(3) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) The territorial President may make directions about the practice and procedure of employment tribunals.”

(4) Omit subsection (2).

(5) In subsection (2A), for “power under subsection (A1) includes” substitute “powers under subsections (A1) and (1) include”.

(6) In subsection (2C), for “(1)(a)” substitute “(1)”.

(1) Section 7B (mediation) is amended as follows.

(2) Before subsection (1) insert—

“(A1) A person exercising power to make Procedure Rules or give practice directions must, when making provision in relation to mediation, have regard to the following principles—

(a) mediation of matters in dispute between parties to proceedings is to take place only by agreement between those parties;

(b) where parties to proceedings fail to mediate, or where mediation between parties to proceedings fails to resolve disputed matters, the failure is not to affect the outcome of the proceedings.”

(3) In subsection (1), for the words from “Employment”