{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-224",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-224.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/1919",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/224",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "224",
  "heading": "Construction of references to representatives",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part persons are employee representatives if—\n(a) they have been elected by employees for the specific purpose of being consulted by their employer about dismissals proposed by him, or\n(b) having been elected or appointed by employees (whether before or after dismissals have been proposed by their employer) otherwise than for that specific purpose, it is appropriate (having regard to the purposes for which were elected) for the employer to consult them about dismissals proposed by him,\nand (in either case) they when they are elected or appointed.\n(2) References in this relation to an employer, by the trade union to employer. are employed by the employer at the time Part to representatives of a trade union, in are to officials or other persons authorised carry on collective bargaining with the employer.\n(3) References in this Part to affected employees are to employees who may be affected by the proposed dismissals or who may be affected by measures taken in connection with such dismissals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SR 1999/432"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1919/article/224",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:40.013845+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}