(1)[F1Subject to [F2[F3section] 140B]] proceedings on a complaint within section 120 may not be brought after the end of—
(a)the period of 3 months starting with the date of the act to which the complaint relates, or
(b)such other period as the employment tribunal thinks just and equitable.
(2)Proceedings may not be brought in reliance on section 121(1) after the end of—
(a)the period of 6 months starting with the date of the act to which the proceedings relate, or
(b)such other period as the employment tribunal thinks just and equitable.
(3)For the purposes of this section—
(a)conduct extending over a period is to be treated as done at the end of the period;
(b)failure to do something is to be treated as occurring when the person in question decided on it.
(4)In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a person (P) is to be taken to decide on failure to do something—
(a)when P does an act inconsistent with doing it, or
(b)if P does no inconsistent act, on the expiry of the period in which P might reasonably have been expected to do it.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 123(1) inserted (20.5.2011 with application as mentioned in regs. 3, 4 of the amending S.I.) by The Cross-Border Mediation (EU Directive) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1133), reg. 56
F2Words in s. 123(1) substituted (6.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 2 para. 43; S.I. 2014/253, art. 3(g)
F3Word in s. 123(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Cross-Border Mediation (EU Directive) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/469), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 17(3) (with reg. 5) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 4(5)(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1S. 123 wholly in force; s. 123 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 216; s. 123 in force at 1.10.2010 by S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2(1)(9)(f) (with art. 15, and subject to transitional provision in art. 7)