The Employment Protection (Variation of Limits) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/464
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and revocation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Employment Protection (Variation of Limits) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

(2) Subject to article 3(8) below, the Employment Protection (Variation of Limits) Order 1990 is revoked.

Section 2 Variation of Limits

Subject to article 3 below, each limit specified in columns 1 and 2 of the Table below is varied by the substitution of the new figure in column 3 for the old figure in column 4.

(1) Section 15 of the 1978 Act.

(2) Section 122(5) of the 1978 Act.

(3) Paragraph 8(1)(a) of Schedule 14 to the 1978 Act.

(4) Paragraph 8(1)(b) of Schedule 14 to the 1978 Act.

(5) Paragraph 8(1)(c) of Schedule 14 to the 1978 Act.

Section 3 Supplementary and transitional provisions

(1) The variation specified in item 1 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect as respects any day in respect of which an employee becomes entitled to a guarantee payment after this Order comes into force.

(2) The variation specified in item 2 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect where the relevant date (as defined in section 122(2) of the 1978 Act ) falls after this Order comes into force.

(3) The variation specified in item 3 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect as respects an employer’s failure to comply with an order for reinstatement or re-engagement where the date (specified under section 69(2)(c) or, as the case may be, section 69(4)(f) of the 1978 Act) by which the order must be complied with falls after this Order comes into force.

(4) The variation specified in item 3 of the Table in article 2 above shall likewise have effect where the appropriate date (as defined in paragraph (6)(a) below) falls after this Order comes into force.

(5) The variation specified in item 4 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect where the effective date of termination (as defined in section 55(4) or, where applicable, section 55(5) or 55(6) of the 1978 Act ) falls after this Order comes into force.

(6) The variation specified in item 4 of the Table in article 2 above shall likewise have effect where the appropriate date falls after this Order comes into force. “Appropriate date” means:–

(a) in the case of a complaint presented under section 4 of the Employment Act 1980 (complaint of unreasonable exclusion or expulsion from a trade union) the date of the refusal of the application for, or the expulsion from, membership of a trade union, as the case may be; or

(b) in the case of a complaint presented under section 4 of the Employment Act 1988 (complaint of unjustifiable discipline by a trade union) the date of the determination which the individual claims constituted an infringement of his right.

(7) The variation specified in item 5 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect —

(a) as respects lay-off or a keeping on short-time where the relevant date (as defined in section 90(2) of the 1978 Act) falls after this Order comes into force; and

(b) as respects a dismissal where the relevant date (as defined in section 90(1) or 90(3) of the 1978 Act) falls after this Order comes into force.

(8) Nothing in this Order affects any limit otherwise than as provided by the foregoing provisions of this article and accordingly the limits operative under the Order mentioned in article 1(2) above continue to apply in cases not falling within those provisions.