The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Interpretation

215.—(1) In this Part—

• “counter-notice” shall be construed in accordance with Article 184(a),

• “dismissal” and “dismissed” shall be construed in accordance with Articles 171 to 173,

• “employer’s payment” has the meaning given by Article 201,

• “notice of intention to claim” shall be construed in accordance with Article 183(1),

• “obligatory period of notice” has the meaning given by Article 171(4), and

• “trial period” shall be construed in accordance with Article 173(3).

(2) In this Part—

(a) references to an employee being laid off or being eligible for a redundancy payment by reason of being laid off, and

(b) references to an employee being kept on short-time or being eligible for a redundancy payment by reason of being kept on short-time,

shall be construed in accordance with Articles 182 and 183.