{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-23.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/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Maximum amount",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of calculating—\n(za) an award of compensation under Article 112I(1)(b),\n(a) a basic award of compensation for unfair dismissal,\n(b) an additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal,\n(ba) an award under Article 146(5); or\n(c) a redundancy payment,\nthe amount of a week's pay shall not exceed £783.\nParas. (2)‐(4) rep. by 1999 NI 9",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2002 NI 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "2003 NI 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in art. 23(1) substituted (6.4.2026) by The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/57), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Arts. 16-24 applied (6.4.2006) by Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), regs. 2(3), 16(4), Sch. 1 para. 11 (with reg. 21(1)(5), Sch. 1 para. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Arts. 16-24 applied (6.4.2006) by Service Provision Change (Protection of Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/177), reg. 16(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Art. 23(1): power to amend conferred (1.10.2006) by Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1947 (N.I. 16)), arts. 1(3), 16(1)(a); S.R. 2006/344, art. 3(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Art. 23(1) applied (1.10.2006) by Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/261), regs. 1(1), 51, Sch. 5 paras. 11(5), 12(5) (with reg. 50)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nia/2011/13",
      "affecting_title": "Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1919/article/23",
    "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."
}