Legislation – Employment Rights Act 2025
Schedule 11Transitional and saving provision relating to Part 5
Part 2Other transitional and saving provision
General
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(1)
Anything which—
(a)
was done by or in relation to a relevant person for the purpose of, or in connection with, any function of the person under a provision amended or repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 10, and
(b)
is in effect immediately before the day on which the amendment or repeal comes into force,
has effect, on and after that day, as if done by or in relation to the Secretary of State.
(2)
Anything (including legal proceedings) which—
(a)
relates to a function of a relevant person under a provision amended or repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 10, and
(b)
immediately before the day on which the amendment or repeal comes into force, is in the process of being done by or in relation to that person,
may be continued, on and after that day, by or in relation to the Secretary of State.
(3)
Where anything mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) was done, or is in the process of being done, under a provision repealed by Schedule 10, that thing has effect as if done under, or may be continued under, the corresponding provision of this Act.
(4)
In this paragraph “relevant person” means—
(a)
an officer acting for the purposes of the Employment Agencies Act 1973;
(b)
an officer acting for the purposes of Part 2A of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996;
(c)
an officer acting for the purposes of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998;
(d)
the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority;
(e)
an enforcement officer acting for the purposes of the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004, other than an enforcement officer appointed by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to that Act (enforcement officers in Northern Ireland);
(f)
a compliance officer acting for the purposes of that Act;
(g)
an officer of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority acting for the purposes of any other enactment.
(5)
Sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) are subject to the remaining provisions of this Schedule (and see also section 155, which confers power to make transitional or saving provision).