§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which sections of the Employment Relations Act 1999 have been implemented and on what date; and what is the timetable for the implementation of the remaining sections. [107477]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonThe table shows which sections of the Employment Relations Act 1999 have been brought into force and on what date.
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Provision Description Brought into force S.I. Number s.2 Detriment related to trade union membership 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.3 Blacklists 25 October 1999 1999/2830
Provision Description Brought into force S.I. Number s.7 Maternity and parental leave 15 December 1999 1999/2830 s.8 Time off for dependants 15 December 1999 1999/2830 s.9 Consequential amendments 15 December 1999 1999/2830 S.13(1) to (3) Interpretation 25 October 1999 1999/2830 S.18(1) to (5) Agreement to exclude dismissal rights 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.18(6) Agreement to exclude dismissal rights 30 September 1999 1999/2509 s.19 Part-time work:discrimination 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.20 Part-time work: code of practice 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.21 Code of practice: supplemental 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.22 National minimum wage: communities 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.23 Power to confer rights on individuals 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.26 ACAS: general duty 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.27 ACAS: reports 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.28 Abolition of Commissioners 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.29 The Certification Officer 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.30 Partnerships at work 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.31 Employment agencies 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.32 Employment rights: employment outside Great Britain 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.33 Unfair dismissal: special and additional awards 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.34(4) Indexation of amounts, &c. 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.34(1)(2)(3)(5)(6) Indexation of amounts, &c. 17 December 1999 1999/3374 s.35 Guarantee payments 25 October 1999 1999/3374 s.36(1) (partially) Sections 33 to 35: consequential 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.36(a) (to extent that not already in force)(2)(3) Sections 33 to 35: consequential 17 December 1999 1999/3374 s.37 Compensatory award etc.: removal of limit in certain cases 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.38 Transfer of undertakings 9 September 1999 1999/2509 s.39 Minimum wage: information 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.40 Dismissal of school staff 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.42 Orders and regulations 9 September 1999 1999/2509 s.43 Finance 25 October 1999 1999/2830 s.44 (partially) Repeals Sch.2 Union membership: detriment 25 October 1999 1999/2830 Sch.4 Leave for family reasons etc. 15 December 1999 1999/2830 Sch.6 The Certification Officer 25 October 1999 1999/2830 Sch.7 (partially) Employment agencies 25 October 1999 1999/2830 Sch.9 (partially) Repeals 25 October 1999 1999/2830 The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations (S.I. 1999/3312) were made on 10 December 1999 under powers in the Employment Rights Act 1996, as amended by sections 7 and 9 and Schedule 4 of the Employment Relations Act 1999. They came into force on 15 December 1999.
415WThe first order under section 34 of the 1999 Act, the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (S.I. 1999/3375) was made on 17 December 1999 and will come into force on 1 February 2000.
The Government's intentions for implementing the remaining provisions of the 1999 Act were set out in the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford, North (Mr. Rooney) on 21 October 1999, Official Report, column 613W.