Section 70ZJ

The Secretary of State may prescribe that an amount payable under section 70ZI(5)(b)— must be at least a prescribed amount; may not exceed a prescribed amount. An amount may be prescribed under subsection (1)(a) or (b)— as a fixed amount; by reference to one or more prescribed factors; as the highest or lowest of two or more prescribed amounts, whether prescribed as fixed amounts or by reference to one or more prescribed factors. The factors that may be prescribed under subsection (2)(b) or (c) include (among others)— the nature of the complaint under section 70ZI(2) against the person required to pay the amount (the “liable party”); whether the liable party has previously been subject to a complaint under section 70ZH(1) or 70ZI(2), or a prescribed number of such complaints, declared by the Central Arbitration Committee to be well-founded; whether the liable party is of a prescribed description; in the case of a liable party that is an undertaking, the turnover of the liable party in a prescribed period, including (in particular) worldwide, European or United Kingdom turnover; in the case of a liable party that is an employer— the number of workers employed by the liable party, or the number of workers of a prescribed description employed by the liable party; in the case of a liable party that is a trade union, the number of members that the liable party has. The Secretary of State may prescribe matters to which the Central Arbitration Committee must have regard in considering what amount is payable under section 70ZI(5)(b).

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04