Section 256A — Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992: Vexatious litigants.

Vexatious litigants. 256A 1 The Certification Officer may refuse to entertain any application or complaint made to him under a provision of Chapters III to VIIA of Part I by a vexatious litigant.

2 The Certification Officer must give reasons for such a refusal.

3 Subsection (1) does not apply to a complaint under section 37E(1)(b) or to an application under section 41.

4 For the purposes of subsection (1) a vexatious litigant is a person who is the subject of—

a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b a civil proceedings order or an all proceedings order which is made under section 42(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and which remains in force, c an order which is made under section 1 of the Vexatious Actions (Scotland) Act 1898 or a vexatious litigation order made under section 100 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 , or d an order which is made under section 32 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.