Citation and Commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2006.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1).
Amendments to the principal Regulations
3.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (application) –
(a)at the end of paragraph (e), omit “or”;
(b)at the end of paragraph (f), add “or”, and
(c)after paragraph (f), add the following paragraph —
“(g)the making of an agreement to submit a dispute to arbitration in accordance with a scheme having effect by virtue of an order under Article 84A of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 5th September 2006.
D.S.S. McAuley
A senior officer of the
Department for Employment and Learning