5(1)Section 18 (conciliation) is amended as follows.
(2)At the end of the heading insert “: relevant proceedings etc.”
(3)In subsection (1), for the words before paragraph (a) substitute “In this section and sections 18A to 18C “relevant proceedings” means employment tribunal proceedings—”.
(4)In subsection (1)(b)—
(a)after “68” insert “, 70B”;
(b)after “Act 1992” insert “or paragraph 156 of Schedule A1 to that Act”.
(5)In subsection (1)(dd), for “20(1)(a)” substitute “19D(1)(a)”.
(6)Omit subsection (1)(f) and (n).
(7)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)Sections 18A and 18B apply in the case of matters which could be the subject of relevant proceedings, and section 18C applies in the case of relevant proceedings themselves.”
(8)Omit subsections (2) to (5).
(9)In subsections (6) and (7), for “this section” substitute “any of sections 18A to 18C”.