Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44)

Part VU.K. Unfair Dismissal

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. V modified by S.I. 1981/1794, regs. 8(1)(4), 13

Pt. V (ss. 54-80) modified (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 44(1)(a) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 7, Sch. 3

Pt. V modified (E.W.) (ss. 54-80) (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, s. 4, Sch. 4 para. 7(1)(3); S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2

Pt. V modified (ss. 54-80) (prosp.) by 1995 c. 26, ss. 46(5)(6), 180(1) (which c. 46 was repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202))

C2Pt. V (ss. 54–80) modified by S.I. 1989/901, arts. 3, 4(b), Sch.

C3Pt. V (ss. 54-80) modified (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss.152(1),153, 302.

Pt. V (ss. 54-80) excluded (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 167(1), 302.

Pt. V: by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 167(1)(2)(3), 302 it is provided (16.10.1992) that Pt. V of this Act shall have effect subject to the provisions of ss. 152-166 of that 1992 Act and that those sections shall be construed as one with this Part.

Right not to be unfairly dismissedE+W+S

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F1S. 54 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Meaning of unfair dismissalE+W+S

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F2S. 55 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F3S. 56 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F4S. 56A repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F5S. 57 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F6S. 57A repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

[F757AA Dismissal of employee representatives.E+W+S

The dismissal of an employee by an employer shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as having been unfair if the reason for it (or, if more than one, the principal reason) was that the employee, being—

(a)an employee representative for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 or Regulations 10 and 11 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981, or

(b)a candidate in an election in which any person elected will, on being elected, be such an employee representative,

performed, or proposed to perform, any functions or activities as such an employee representative or candidate.]

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F7S. 57AA inserted (26.10.1995) by S.I. 1995/2587, reg. 14(1)

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F8S. 58 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with savings in Sch. 3 para. 2).

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F9S. 58A repealed by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 33(2), Sch. 4

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F10S. 59 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F11S. 60 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

F1260A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F12S. 60A repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

F1361. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F13S. 61 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

F1462. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F14S. 62 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with savings in Sch. 3 para. 2) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

F1562A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F15S. 62A inserted by Employment Act 1990 (c. 38), s. 9(1) and repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with savings in Sch. 3 para. 2).

F1663. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F16S. 63 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Exclusion of section 54U.K.

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F17S. 64 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

F1864A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F18S. 64A (which was inserted with saving by Employment Act 1980 (c. 42, SIF 43:5), s. 8(1); S.I. 1980/1170) repealed (30.8.1993) by 1993 c. 19, ss. 49(1), 51, Sch. 7 para. 2, Sch.10; S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(1), Sch.1 (and expressed to be repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202))

F1965. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F19S. 65 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F20S. 66 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

Remedies for unfair dismissalE+W+S

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F21S. 67 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

F2268. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F22S. 68 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

F2369. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F23S. 69 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

F2470. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F24S. 70 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F25S. 71 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

Amount of compensationE+W+S

F2672. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F26S. 72 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F27S. 72A (which was inserted by Employment Act 1982 (c. 46), s. 6 (with savings in S.I. 1982/1656, Sch. 2)) repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with savings in Sch. 3 para. 2) and expressed to be repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

F2873. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F28S. 73 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F29S. 74 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F30S. 75 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

F3175A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F31S. 75A repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F32S. 76 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

F3376A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F33Ss. 76A-79 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with savings in Sch. 3 para. 2) and expressed to be repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

F3476B, 76C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

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F34Ss. 76B, 76C repealed by Employment Act 1982 (c. 46, SIF 43:5), Sch. 4 with saving in S.I. 1982/1656, Sch. 2 and expressed to be repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

[F35Interim reliefE+W+S

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F35Ss. 77-79 and cross heading inserted (30.8.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 28, Sch. 5 para.10; S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(1), Sch.1 (previous versions of ss. 77-79 having been repealed (16.10.1992) by 1992 c. 52, Sch. 1).

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F36S. 77 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

F3777A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F37S. 77A repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F38S. 78 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

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F39S. 78A repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

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F40S. 79 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

Teachers in aided schoolsE+W+S

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F41S. 80 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)