The Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014

• Citation: S.I. 2014/3322
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 and come into force on the 8th January 2015.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland only.

Section 2 Amendment to the Employment Rights Act 1996

In section 23 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (protection of wages: complaints to employment tribunals) after subsection (4) insert—

(4A) An employment tribunal is not (despite subsections (3) and (4)) to consider so much of a complaint brought under this section as relates to a deduction where the date of payment of the wages from which the deduction was made was before the period of two years ending with the date of presentation of the complaint.

(4B) Subsection (4A) does not apply so far as a complaint relates to a deduction from wages that are of a kind mentioned in section 27(1)(b) to (j).

Section 3 Amendment to the Working Time Regulations 1998

In paragraph (4) of regulation 16 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (payment in respect of periods of leave) after “(“contractual remuneration”)” insert “(and paragraph (1) does not confer a right under that contract)”.

Section 4 Transitional provision

The amendment made by regulation 2 only applies in relation to complaints presented to an employment tribunal on or after 1st July 2015.