Race Relations (Remedies) Act 1994 (repealed)

In section 56 of the Race Relations Act 1976 (remedies on complaint to industrial tribunal in respect of acts of racial discrimination), subsection (2) (limit on the amount of compensation) shall cease to have effect.

In consequence of subsection (1) above, section 76(2) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (limit on aggregate amount of compensation which may be awarded in respect of an act which constitutes both racial discrimination and unfair dismissal) shall cease to have effect.

In section 56 of the Race Relations Act 1976, at the end there shall be inserted—

In section 74(2) of that Act (parliamentary procedure in relation to certain orders and regulations), after the words “under section” there shall be inserted “56(5), (6) or”.

This Act may be cited as the Race Relations (Remedies) Act 1994.

The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of the Schedule.

This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.