LegalizeEmployment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2002
Made: 7th January 2002
Laid before Parliament: 8th January 2002
Coming into force: 1st February 2002
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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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Revocation
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Increase of limits
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Transitional provisions
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SCHEDULE — TABLE OF INCREASE OF LIMITS
| Relevant statutory provision | Subject of provision | Old Limits | New Limits | |
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| 1 | Section 156(1) of the 1992 Act | Minimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 152(1) or 153 of the 1992 Act. | £3,300 | £3,400 |
| 2 | Section 176(6) of the 1992 Act | Minimum amount of compensation awarded by the Employment Appeal Tribunal where individual excluded or expelled from union in contravention of section 174 of the 1992 Act. | £5,500 | £5,600 |
| 3 | Section 31(1) of the 1996 Act | Limit on amount of guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day. | £16.70 | £17.00 |
| 4 | Section 120(1) of the 1996 Act | Minimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 100(1)(a) or (b), 101A(d), 102(1) or 103 of the 1996 Act. | £3,300 | £3,400 |
| 5 | Section 124(1) of the 1996 Act | Limit on amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal. | £51,700 | £52,600 |
| 6 | Paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 186(1) of the 1996 Act. | Limits on amount in respect of any one week payable to an employee in respect of debt to which Part XII of the 1996 Act applies and which is referable to a period of time. | £240 | £250 |
| 7 | Section 227(1) of the 1996 Act | Maximum amount of “a week’s pay” for the purpose of calculating basic or additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal or redundancy payment. | £240 | £250 |
Signed
Alan Johnson — Minister of State for the Regions and Employment Relations, — Department of Trade and Industry — 7th January 2002
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1999 c. 26.
[^f00002]: 1992 c. 52.
[^f00003]: 1996 c. 18.
[^f00004]: S.I. 2001/21.
[^f00005]: Section 176 was substituted by section 14 of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c. 19).
[^f00006]: Section 117(3) was amended by the Employment Relations Act 1999, section 33(2).
[^f00007]: Section 145(7) was repealed by the Employment Relations Act 1999, section 9 and 44; Schedule 4, Part III, paragraphs 5 and 26; and Schedule 9.2.
Editorial notes
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