TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and revocation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Protection (Variation of Limits) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992. 2 Subject to article 3(8) below, the Employment Protection (Variation of Limits) Order 1991 is revoked. Variation of Limits 2 Subject to article 3 below, each limit specified in columns 1 and 2 of the Table below is varied by the substitution of the new figure in column 3 for the old figure in column 4. Provision Nature of Limit New figure Old figure 1. Section 15(1) of the 1978 Act. Limit on amount of guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day. £14.10 £13.65 2. Section 122(5) of the 1978 Act. Limit on amount payable to an employee in respect of any debt mentioned in section 122(3) of the 1978 Act where that debt is referable to a period of time. £205.00 £198.00 3. Paragraph 8(1)(a) of Schedule 14 to the 1978 Act. Limit on amount of “a week’s pay” for the purpose of calculating additional award of compensation where employer fails to comply with order for reinstatement or re-engagement under section 69 of the 1978 Act. £205.00 £198.00 4. Paragraph 8(1)(b) of Schedule 14 to the 1978 Act. Limit on amount of “a week’s pay” for the purpose of calculating basic award of compensation for unfair dismissal under section 73 of the 1978 Act. £205.00 £198.00 5. Paragraph 8(1)(c) of Schedule 14 to the 1978 Act. Limit on amount of “a week’s pay” for the purpose of calculating redundancy payment. £205.00 £198.00 Supplementary and transitional provisions 3 1 The variation specified in item 1 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect as respects any day in respect of which an employee becomes entitled to a guarantee payment after this Order comes into force. 2 The variation specified in item 2 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect where the relevant date (as defined in section 122(2) of the 1978 Act ) falls after this Order comes into force. 3 The variation specified in item 3 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect as respects an employer’s failure to comply with an order for reinstatement or re-engagement where the date (specified under section 69(2)(c) or, as the case may be, section 69(4)(f) of the 1978 Act) by which the order must be complied with falls after this Order comes into force. 4 The variation specified in item 4 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect where the effective date of termination (as defined insection 55(4) or, where applicable, section 55(5) or 55(6) of the 1978 Act ) falls after this Order comes into force. 5 The variations specified in items 3 and 4 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect, as respects compensation awarded under section 5 of the Employment Act 1980 on a complaint under section 4 of that Act (unreasonable exclusion or expulsion from trade union), where the date of the refusal of the application for, or the expulsion from, membership of the trade union falls after this Order comes into force. 6 The variation specified in item 4 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect, as respects compensation awarded under section 5 of the Employment Act 1988 on a complaint under section 4 of that Act (unjustifiable discipline by a trade union), where the date of the determination which constitutes an infringement of the claimant’s right falls after this Order comes into force. 7 The variation specified in item 5 of the Table in article 2 above shall have effect— a as respects lay-off or a keeping on short-time where the relevant date (as defined in section 90(2) of the 1978 Act) falls after this Order comes into force; and b as respects a dismissal where the relevant date (as defined insection 90(1) or 90(3) of the 1978 Act) falls after this Order comes into force. 8 Nothing in this Order affects any limit otherwise than as provided by the foregoing provisions of this article and accordingly the limits operative under the Order mentioned in article 1(2) above continue to apply in cases not falling within those provisions. Signed by order of the Secretary of State. Eric Forth Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Employment 18th February 1992