The Employment Protection Act 1975 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1976

• Citation: S.I. 1976/321
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Employment Protection Act 1975 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1976.

Section 2 Interpretation

The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Section 3 Employment Appeal Tribunal

Sections 87 and 88 of the Employment Protection Act 1975 and Schedule 6 to that Act shall come into operation on 30th March 1976.

Section 4 Transitional Provisions

Where an appeal is transferred to the Employment Appeal Tribunal by virtue of paragraph 9 or 10 of Schedule 17 to the Employment Protection Act 1975 the Employment Appeal Tribunal shall have the same power to award costs in respect of that appeal as the High Court or the Court of Session, as the case may be, would have had if the appeal had not been so transferred.

Section 5 Savings

Nothing in this Order or in the Employment Protection Act 1975 shall operate to transfer an appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal if the High Court or the Court of Session has, before 30th March 1976, entered upon the consideration of that appeal.