Section 34 | Applications no longer to be made to Employment Appeal Tribunal

(1)Section 67 of the 1992 Act (compensation for infringement of right not to be unjustifiably disciplined) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (6).

(2)In subsection (1) after “application” insert “ to an employment tribunal ”.

(3)Omit subsections (2) and (4).

(4)In subsections (5) and (7) omit “Employment Appeal Tribunal or”.

(5)In subsection (8) omit the words after paragraph (b).

(6)After that subsection insert—

(8A)If on the date on which the application was made—

(a)the determination infringing the applicant’s right not to be unjustifiably disciplined has not been revoked, or

(b)the union has failed to take all the steps necessary for securing the reversal of anything done for the purpose of giving effect to the determination,

the amount of compensation shall be not less than the amount for the time being specified in section 176(6A).

(7)Section 176 of the 1992 Act (remedies for exclusion or expulsion from trade union) is also amended in accordance with subsections (8) to (11).

(8)In subsection (2)—

(a)after “an application” insert “ to an employment tribunal ”; and

(b)omit the second sentence.

(9)In subsection (4) omit “or the Employment Appeal Tribunal”.

(10)In subsection (5) omit “or Employment Appeal Tribunal”.

(11)In subsection (6) omit the words after paragraph (b).