# The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Paragraph 10


(1) Subject to paragraph 9 and sub-paragraph (2), Chapter III of Part I applies to periods before this Order comes into operation as it applies to later periods.
(2) Any week which counted as a period of employment in the computation of a period of employment for the purposes of the Contracts of Employment and Redundancy Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 or the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 counts as a period of employment for the purposes of this Order; and any week which did not break the continuity of a person's employment for the purposes of that Act or Order shall not break the continuity of a period of employment for the purposes of this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1919/schedule/2/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-northern-ireland-order-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-10
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