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title: "NTA Enquiry"
space: "Industrial Relations Documentation"
url: "http://www.buff0k.co.za/ir-docs/nta-enquiry"
updated: "2026-08-17"
---

# NTA Enquiry

An **NTA Enquiry** ("Notice to Attend an Enquiry") is the formal hearing notice for a Disciplinary Action, Incapacity Proceedings, or Poor Performance case. Create it from the case's **Actions** menu - **Issue NTA** - which pre-fills the employee, position, and case details straight from the source.

![A new NTA Enquiry, pre-filled from its source Disciplinary Action: employee, position, and an Upload Signed NTA field](/files/ir-nta-enquiry-prefilled806880.png)

## What you fill in

- **Date and Time**, **Venue** (a Branch), and **Applicable Rights** (which Employee Rights record governs this stage - see **Contract & HR Setup Reference**).
- **Chairperson** - who will preside over the hearing.
- For a Disciplinary Action specifically, the actual charges carry across into **Charges** on the NTA.

## It can't be submitted without a signed copy

Once the notice has actually been served and signed, attach it under **Upload Signed NTA** - submission is blocked without it. This is deliberate: the NTA Enquiry is the *proof* that proper notice was given, not just a scheduling record.

![The submitted NTA Enquiry, with its signed copy attached](/files/ir-nta-enquiry-submitteda1fafc.png)

There's no employee-record side effect from an NTA Enquiry on its own - it's purely the hearing notice. The actual decision comes next.

Next: **Written Outcome**, to record what happened at the hearing.