The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
S.R. 2024/153 · Made 3 July 2024 · Extends to Northern Ireland
Employment
Laid before the Assembly in draft
Made 3rd July 2024
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1
The Department for the Economy makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 15(1) and (2) of the Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006f1, and now vested in itf2:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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S.I. 2006/1947 (N.I. 16); Article 15 was amended by the Employment Rights (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No.2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/538) and the Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (2015 (c. 1) (N.I)).
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The functions of the Department for Employment and Learning under the Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 were transferred to the Department for the Economy by Article 6(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76).
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendments to the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencementI1
These Regulations may be cited as the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on the day after which they are approved.
2Amendments to the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016I1
The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
In regulation 2(2) (interpretation)f2, for the definition of “statutory leave” substitute—
““statutory leave” means leave provided for in Part IX of the 1996 Order;”.
In regulation 17(5) (compensation related to entitlement to leave)f3, for “regulation 16(7)” substitute “regulation 16(6) or (7)”.
Signature
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for the Economy on 3rd July 2024.
L.S.
Conor Murphy
Minister for the Economy
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations amend the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 to include express provision about the rights of workers, in certain circumstances, to carry forward annual leave into subsequent leave years and the calculation of holiday pay in relation to those rights.
An impact assessment has not been produced for these regulations as the purpose of the regulations is to restate certain employment rights to ensure those rights continue to apply and provide legal certainty.