Where a dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 152(1) or 153, the amount of the basic award of compensation, before any reduction is made under F1section 122 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, shall be not less than F2£3,100.

But where the dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 153, F3subsection (2) of that section (reduction for contributory fault) applies in relation to so much of the basic award as is payable because of subsection (1) above.