Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018
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PART 2 Amendment of Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 | ||
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Amendment of Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 | ||
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4. Section 8 (amended by the Workplace Relations Act 2015 ) of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 is amended, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (12): | ||
“(13) (a) An adjudication officer may, by giving notice in that behalf in writing to any person, require such person to attend at such time and place as is specified in the notice to give evidence in proceedings under this section or to produce to the adjudication officer any documents in his or her possession, custody or control that relate to any matter to which those proceedings relate. | ||
(b) A person to whom a notice under paragraph (a) is given shall be entitled to the same immunities and privileges as those to which he or she would be entitled if he or she were a witness in proceedings before the High Court. | ||
(c) A person to whom a notice under paragraph (a) has been given who— | ||
(i) fails or refuses to comply with the notice, or | ||
(ii) refuses to give evidence in proceedings to which the notice relates or fails or refuses to produce any document to which the notice relates, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a class E fine.”. |