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# The Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2025 No. 1153
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
The Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
3rd November 2025
Laid before Parliament
4th November 2025
Coming into force
1st December 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 18A(11) and (12)(c) and 41(4) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st December 2025.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

## 2 Amendment to the Schedule to the Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2014 {#regulation-2}

In the Schedule to the Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2014, in rule 6 at paragraph (1) for “six” substitute “12”.

## 3 Transitional provision {#regulation-3}

The amendment to the Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2014 made by regulation 2 applies when a prospective claimant has presented an early conciliation form to ACAS or telephoned ACAS in accordance with rule 1 of the Schedule to the Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions And Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2014 on or after 1st December 2025.