(1)This section applies to any contract made between the governing body of an institution within the further education sector and any person employed by them, not being a contract made in contemplation of the employee’s pending dismissal by reason of redundancy.
(2)In so far as a contract to which this section applies provides that the employee—
(a)shall not be dismissed by reason of redundancy, or
(b)if he is so dismissed, shall be paid a sum in excess of the sum which the employer is liable to pay to him under [F1Part XI of the Employment Rights Act 1996],
the contract shall be void and of no effect.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 49(2)(b) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 240, 243, Sch. 1 para. 52(3) (with ss. 191-195, 202)
Commencement Information
I1S. 49 wholly in force at 1.4.1993 see s. 94(3) and S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3