15 Power by order to increase or decrease limit of compensatory award
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (2013 c 24) | Legislation

15  Power by order to increase or decrease limit of compensatory award

(1)     The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument amend section 124 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (limit of compensatory award etc) so as to vary the limit imposed for the time being by subsection (1) of that section.

(2)     The limit as so varied may be—

(a)     a specified amount, or

(b)     the lower of—

(i)     a specified amount, and

(ii)     a specified number multiplied by a week's pay of the individual concerned.

(3)     Different amounts may be specified by virtue of subsection (2)(a) or (b)(i) in relation to

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