5(1)In section 64 of the 1978 Act (qualifying period for the right not to be unfairly dismissed)—
(a)in subsection (1)(a) for " fifty-two weeks " there shall be substituted " one year "; and
(b)in subsection (2) for " fifty-two weeks " and " four weeks " there shall be substituted, respectively, " one year "and " one month ".
(2)In section 73(3) of that Act (calculation of basic award for unfair dismissal), in paragraphs (a) and (b) the words "which consists wholly of weeks " shall be omitted.