Employment Claims Rules 2017 · 2025 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Proceedings Before Tribunal
15A. Discontinuance of action, cause or matter
Feedback & supportSubject to paragraph (2), if no party to a claim has, for more than 6 months, taken any step or proceeding in the claim that appears from records maintained in the Registry, the claim is deemed to have been discontinued.
Paragraph (1) does not apply where the claim has been stayed —
under this Act;
pursuant to an order of the tribunal; or
pursuant to an order of court.
In this rule, “claim” means a claim lodged on or after 1 April 2022.
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), if no party to a claim has, for more than 6 months, taken any step or proceeding in the claim that appears from records maintained in the Registry, the claim is deemed to have been discontinued.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) does not apply where the claim has been stayed —
under this Act;
pursuant to an order of the tribunal; or
pursuant to an order of court.
Subregulation 3
In this rule, “claim” means a claim lodged on or after 1 April 2022.