Paragraph 4

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to any specific provision of this Schedule to the contrary, in relation to an employee or employer who has died—

(a)

any reference in the relevant provisions to the doing of anything by or in relation to an employee or employer shall be construed as including a reference to the doing of that thing by or in relation to any personal representative of the deceased employee or employer; and

(b)

any reference in the said provisions to a thing required or authorised to be done by or in relation to an employee or employer shall be construed as including a reference to any thing which, in accordance with any such provision as modified by this Schedule (including sub-paragraph (a)), is required or authorised to be done by or in relation to any personal representative of the deceased employee or employer.

(2)

Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent references in the relevant provisions to a successor of an employer from including a personal representative of a deceased employer.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Words in long title substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

Notes on Schedule 12

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 12 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to amendments (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1