The Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.General interpretation

    3. 3.General and special application of Regulations

  3. PART II INCREASE OF STATUTORY REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS

    1. 4.Power to increase statutory redundancy payments

  4. PART III DISCRETIONARY COMPENSATION FOR REDUNDANCY: GENERAL

    1. 5.Discretionary compensation for redundancy: general

  5. PART IV ALTERNATIVE DISCRETIONARY AWARDS FOR THOSE AGED 50 AND OVER

    1. 6.Persons eligible for discretionary awards

    2. 7.Award of credited period by way of compensation

    3. 8.Period of residual entitlement

    4. 9.Lump sum compensation

    5. 10.Annual compensation: general provisions

  6. PART V EFFECT OF OTHER RECEIPTS ON PART IV COMPENSATION

    1. 11.Effect of occupational pension

    2. 12.Effect of redundancy payments

    3. 13.Effect of other termination payments

    4. 14.Effect of periodic payments

  7. PART VI EFFECT ON NEW EMPLOYMENT ON PART IV COMPENSATION

    1. 15.Interpretation: Part VI

    2. 16.Reduction of annual compensation

  8. PART VII EFFECT OF CESSATION OF NEW EMPLOYMENT ON PART IV COMPENSATION

    1. 17.Interpretation: Part VII

    2. 18.Effect of cessation of new employment

  9. PART VIII SURRENDERS AND AWARDS TO SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

    1. 19.Surrender of part of annual compensation

    2. 20.Awards to surviving spouses

    3. 21.Amount of surviving spouse’s short-term and long-term compensation

    4. 22.Short-term compensation for children

    5. 23.Long-term compensation for children

    6. 24.Payment of children’s compensation

  10. PART IX INFORMATION ABOUT AND PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION

    1. 25.Policy statements

    2. 26.Information relevant to compensation – employing authorities

    3. 27.Information relevant to compensation – individuals

    4. 28.Payments and repayments

    5. 29.Interest on late payments

    6. 30.Authority by whom compensation is payable

  11. PART X MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

    1. 31.Finance

    2. 32.Transitional provisions and savings

    3. 33.Consequential amendments

    4. 34.Revocations and savings

  12. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      INTERPRETATION

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      TABLE FOR DETERMINATION OF “APPROPRIATE PERCENTAGE”

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      EMPLOYERS TO WHICH PARTS IV TO VIII APPLY

  14. Explanatory Note