# The Redundancy Payments (Merchant Seamen Exclusion)Order 1973 (Revocation) Order 1990

S.I. 1990/1583 · made 26 July 1990

This Order revokes the Redundancy Payments (Merchant Seamen Exclusion) Order 1973 (“the 1973 Order”) which excluded certain employments as a merchant seaman from the redundancy payments provisions of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. The effect of the revocation is to apply those provisions to merchant seamen to whom the 1973 Order applied.

Made under: Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (Section 149, Section 154)

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## Introductory text

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Made 26th July 1990
Coming into force 30th September 1990
Whereas a draft of the following Order was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 149(4) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”) and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 149(1)(a) and section 154(4) of the 1978 Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Redundancy Payments (Merchant Seamen Exclusion) Order 1973 (Revocation) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 30th September 1990.

## 2 Revocation

The Redundancy Payments (Merchant Seamen Exclusion) Order 1973 is hereby revoked.

## Signature

Signed by order of the Secretary of State
Eric Forth
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Employment
26thJuly 1990

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Redundancy Payments (Merchant Seamen Exclusion) Order 1973 (“the 1973 Order”) which excluded certain employments as a merchant seaman from the redundancy payments provisions of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. The effect of the revocation is to apply those provisions to merchant seamen to whom the 1973 Order applied.

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