# The Dock Work (Compensation Payments Scheme) Regulations 1989, Paragraph 4: Dismissal by successor employer


For the relevant purposes:—
(a) an employee dismissed by reason of redundancy within the period prescribed by paragraph 2 by a successor employer shall be treated as if he were a person to whom section 5 of the Act applies; and
(b) where sub-paragraph (a) above applies the successor employer shall be treated as if he were the employer of that employee and accordingly shall be liable to pay him compensation; and, in such case, any reference in paragraphs 6 to 9 to the employer shall be construed as a reference to the successor employer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1111/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dock-work-compensation-payments-scheme-regulations-1989/schedule/paragraph-4
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