3.—(1) In section 18(1) of the Act of 1965 (requisite period qualifying for right to redundancy payment), the words from “excluding any week” onwards (which relate to weeks before the employee attained the age of eighteen) shall be omitted.
(2) In section 18(2) of that Act (calculation of period of continuous employment) for the words from “the provisions of Schedule 1” to “modifies Schedule 1” there shall be substituted “Article 22 of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 and Schedule 1”.
(3) In section 40(2) of that Act (exclusion of redundancy rebate where employee’s right under collective agreement arises by virtue of a period of employment which is less than one hundred and four weeks)—
(a)for the words “period of employment” there shall be substituted “period of continuous employment”; and
(b)for the words “one hundred and four weeks” there shall be substituted “two years”.
(4) In section 42(2) of that Act (conditions to be satisfied before an employee can claim his unpaid redundancy payment from the Department), in paragraph (c) (exclusion where right under collective agreement arises by virtue of a period of employment which is less than one hundred and four weeks)—
(a)for the words “period of employment” there shall be substituted “period of continuous employment”; and
(b)for the words “one hundred and four weeks” there shall be substituted “two years”.
(5) In Schedule 3 to that Act (calculation of redundancy payment),—
(a)in paragraph 2(a) and (b) the words “which consists wholly of weeks” shall cease to have effect; and
(b)paragraphs 1(a) and 8 shall cease to have effect.