Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government, etc.) (Modification) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.

(2)

In this Order—

(a)

“the 1983 Order” means the Redundancy Payments (Local Government) (Modification) Order 1983^f1;

(b)

“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972^f2;

(c)

“the 1978 Act” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978^f3;

(d)

“the 1980 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1980^f4;

(e)

“the 1985 Act” means the Local Government Act 1985^f5;

(f)

“the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988^f6;

(g)

“the 1992 Act” means the Further and Higher Education Act 1992^f7;

(h)

“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^f8;

(i)

“the 1996 Act” means the Employment Rights Act 1996;

(j)

“the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f9;

(k)

“the Education Act” means the Education Act 1996^f10.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (4) below, in this Order “relevant event” in relation to a person means any event occurring on or after the day on which this Order comes into force on the happening of which that person may become entitled to a redundancy payment in accordance with the 1996 Act.

(4)

Where an event has occurred on or after 21st June 1998 but before the day on which this Order comes into force, on the happening of which a person employed immediately before that event by the English Sports Council may have become entitled to a redundancy payment in accordance with the 1996 Act, “relevant event” in this Order includes that event in relation to that person.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 1 in force at 1.9.1999, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1983/1160, amended by the other Orders specified in Schedule 3 to this Order.
f2: 1972 c. 70.
f3: 1978 c. 44.
f4: 1980 c. 44.
f5: 1985 c. 51.
f6: 1988 c. 40.
f7: 1992 c. 13.
f8: 1994 c. 39.
f9: 1998 c. 31.
f10: 1996 c. 56.