Paragraph 14

(1)

Subject to paragraph 13 and sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of this paragraph, Chapter I of Part XIV applies to periods before this Act comes into force as it applies to later periods.

(2)

If, during the whole or any part of a week beginning before 6th July 1964, an employee was absent from work—

(a)

because he was taking part in a strike, or

(b)

because of a lock-out by his employer,

the week counts as a period of employment.

(3)

Any week which counted as a period of employment in the computation of a period of employment for the purposes of the M1Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 counts as a period of employment for the purposes of this Act; and any week which did not break the continuity of a person’s employment for the purposes of that Act shall not break the continuity of a period of employment for the purposes of this Act.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1978 c. 44.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Part 2B heading and s. 27C inserted (E.W.S.) (31.7.2023 for specified purposes, 1.10.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (c. 13), ss. 1, 14(2); S.I. 2023/876, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2024/829, reg. 3(a)