(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order which comes into operation on 7th November 1999, revokes the Redundancy Payments (Local Government, etc.) (Modification) Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 and the subsequent Orders which amended it, and consolidates their provisions, with further amendments, into a single Order.
The Order modifies certain provisions of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 concerning redundancy payments, in their application to persons employed by certain local government employers or certain other employers in the public sector. The modifications have the effect that the employment of such a person by more than one such employer may be treated as if it were continuous for the purpose of those provisions; and re-engagement of such a person, or an offer of re-engagement made to such a person, by any such employer is treated as if it were re-engagement, or as if the offer had been made, by that person’s employer.
In addition to consolidating the provisions of the revoked Orders with drafting amendments, the Order incorporates adjustments to the lists of employers concerned.