Employment Act 1990

Title and introductory text

Employment Act 1990 1990 c. 38 An Act to make it unlawful to refuse employment, or any service of an employment agency, on grounds related to trade union membership; to amend the law relating to industrial action and ballots; to make further provision with respect to the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members; to confer a power to revise or revoke Codes of Practice; to provide for the merger of the Redundancy Fund with the National Insurance Fund; to amend the Education (Work Experience) Act 1973; and for connected purposes. [1st November 1990] Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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13 Merger of Redundancy Fund with National Insurance Fund, &c.

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15 Financial provision.

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other Act.

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(1) This Act may be cited as the Employment Act 1990. (2) The following provisions of this Act come into force on Royal Assent— . . . . . . . . ., and sections 15 and 17 and this section (general ancillary provisions). (3) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument and different days may be appointed for different provisions. (4) An order bringing into force any provision may contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.

SCHEDULE 1

Part I Introduction 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restriction of proceedings 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time limit 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conciliation 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remedies 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Complaint against employer and employment agency 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Awards against third parties 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeal from decision of tribunal 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part II Introduction 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restriction on contracting out 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crown employment and House of Commons and House of Lords staff 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Police service 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment outside Great Britain 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mariners 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offshore employment 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crown application of provisions relating to employment agencies 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 2 Consequential Amendments

Section 16(1). Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c.44) 1 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade Union Act 1984 (c.49) 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment Act 1988 (c.19) 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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