The Race Relations (Complaints to Industrial Tribunals) (Armed Forces) Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/2161
• Sections: 2

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Race Relations (Complaints to Industrial Tribunals) (Armed Forces) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997.

Section 2

(1) A person may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal under section 54 of the Race Relations Act 1976, notwithstanding that section 75(9) of that Act would otherwise preclude the presentation of such a complaint, where—

(a) he has made a complaint in respect of the same matter to an officer under the service redress procedures; and

(b) that complaint has not been withdrawn.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) above, a person shall be treated as having withdrawn his complaint if, having made a complaint to an officer under the service redress procedures, he fails to submit that complaint to the Defence Council under those procedures.