Paragraph 4

(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 M1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 68A (right not to suffer detriment: working time cases), after paragraph (4) there is inserted—

“(5)
A reference in this Article to the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 includes a reference to the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003.”.

(3)

In Article 132A (fairness in dismissal: working time cases), the existing provision shall become paragraph (1) and after it there is inserted—

“(2)
A reference in this Article to the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 includes a reference to the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003.”.

(4)

In Article 135(4)(d) (fairness in dismissal: assertion of statutory right), at the end there is inserted “ or the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003 ”.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16); Article 68A was inserted by regulation 31(1) of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. (N.I.) 1998 No. 386) (“the 1998 Regulations”) and amended by the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9), Article 20(3) and Schedule 9; Articles 132A and 135(4)(d) were inserted by regulation 32(1) and (2) of the 1998 Regulations, respectively.