Explanatory Memorandum

Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

2004 No. 3078

Commentary on Articles

Schedule 1 .Amendment of Schedule 1a to the 1995 Order

Power to make provision about effect of amalgamations etc.

Paragraph 18 inserts new paragraphs 169A, 169B and 169C into Schedule 1A. Paragraph 169A gives the Department power to make an order providing for any case where anything has been done under or for the purposes of the Schedule by or in relation to a union and that union amalgamates or transfers all or any of its engagements. Paragraph 169B contains a similar order making power for the Department to provide for groups of workers where the employer is no longer their employer by reason of a business transfer or otherwise. Paragraph 169C provides that an order under new paragraphs 169A or 169B must be approved by a resolution of the Assembly.