Explanatory note

This Order, which comes into force on 29th September 1989, excludes from the operation of section 12 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 employees to whom the Working Rule Agreement of the Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council made between the parties described in Schedule 1 to this Order on 14th December 1988 relates. It supersedes the Guarantee Payments (Exemption) (No. 20) Order 1980 which is revoked by this Order. The present Order has been made to take account of the revised Working Rule Agreement, the material provisions of which are set out in Schedule 2 to this Order. These differ from the provisions in Schedule 2 to the previous Order in that the guaranteed week is reduced from 40 hours to 39 hours and the provisions relating to the temporary lay off procedure have been redrafted.

Copies of the Agreement are available for inspection between 10 am and noon and between 2 pm and 5 pm on any weekday (except Saturdays) at the offices of the Department of Employment, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NF.