Explanatory note

This Order increases, from 5th March 2000, the limits applying to certain awards of industrial tribunals, and other amounts payable under employment legislation, as specified in the Schedule to the Order. The increases reflect the increase in the retail prices index from September 1997 to September 1999. This Order is the first Order made under Article 33 of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999. The effect of Article 3 of the Employment Relations (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 is that the first Order made under that Article increases the limit specified by the amount by which the retail prices index for September 1999 is higher than the index for September 1997.

Subsequent Orders under Article 33 may be required to change the limits by the amount by which the index for the September immediately preceding the making of the Order is higher (or lower) than the index for the previous September.

Article 4 of the Order contains transitional provisions determining the circumstances in which the increased limits will apply.