Unfair Dismissals (Claims and Appeals) Regulations, 1977

JurisdictionIreland
Year1977
CitationIR SI 286/1977

S.I. No. 286 of 1977.

UNFAIR DISMISSALS (CLAIMS AND APPEALS) REGULATIONS, 1977.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 17 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 (No. 10 of 1977), hereby make the following regulations :

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Unfair Dismissals (Claims and Appeals) Regulations, 1977.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 14th day of September, 1977.

2. In these Regulations—

"the Act" means the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 (No. 10 of 1977);

"appeal" means an appeal under section 9 of the Act;

"claim" means a claim under section 8 (1) or section 8 (4) (a) of the Act;

"the Minister" means the Minister for Labour;

"the Tribunal" means the Employment Appeals Tribunal established by the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 .

3. A notice under subsection (2) of section 8 of the Act to the Tribunal or under subsection (4) of the said section 8 or section 9 (2) of the Act shall specify—

( a ) the name and address of the person bringing the claim or appeal,

( b ) the name and address of the employer or the employee, as the case may be, concerned,

( c ) the date of the commencement of the employment to which the notice relates,

( d ) the date of the dismissal to which the notice relates, and

( e ) the amount claimed by the said person to be the weekly remuneration of the said person in respect of the said employment calculated in accordance with regulations under section 17 of the Act.

4. A claim or appeal may be withdrawn by sending a notification in writing signifying such withdrawal to the tribunal.

5. (1) A party to a claim or appeal who receives notice thereof under section 8 or 9, as the case may be, of the Act and who intends to oppose the claim or appeal shall enter an appearance to the claim or appeal by giving to the Tribunal, within 14 days of the receipt by him of the said notice, a notice in writing stating that he intends to oppose the claim or appeal, as the case may be, and containing the facts and contentions on which he will ground such opposition.

(2) A party to a claim or appeal who does not enter an appearance to the claim or appeal in pursuance of this Regulation shall not be entitled to take part in or be present or represented at any proceedings before the Tribunal in relation to the claim or appeal.

(3) A party to a claim or appeal may, before the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (1) of...

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