# The Redundant Mineworkers (Payments Schemes) (Amendment and Consolidation) Order 1996, Paragraph 4: Requirements of a redundant person


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(1) A coal industry employee shall be a redundant person within the meaning of this Scheme if he has completed a total period of not less than 10 years' coal industry employment, and in consequence of his dismissal on the relevant date by a coal industry employer, he either–
(a) became entitled to receive a redundancy payment under Part VI of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 from that employer; or
(b) would have become entitled to receive such a payment if the question whether he had been continuously employed by his employer for a period of two years ending with the relevant date had fallen to be ascertained in accordance with Appendix 3 hereof and if he had either–
(i) during such period of two years left the employment of a coal industry employer and not later than one week after leaving such employment entered into employment with that or any other coal industry employer; or
(ii) become entitled previously to receive such a payment from a coal industry employer and had entered into employment with that or any other coal industry employer not later than one year after becoming so entitled.
(2) Appendix 3 hereof shall apply for ascertaining the length of a coal industry employee’s total period of coal industry employment for the purposes of paragraph (1) of this Article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1288/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/redundant-mineworkers-payments-schemes-amendment-and-consolidation-order-1996/schedule/paragraph-4
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