At the end of section 166 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (unpaid redundancy payments: applications to the Secretary of State)9 insert—

“(9)

In this section—

(a)

references to a company are to be read as including references to a charitable incorporated organisation, and

(b)

any reference to the Insolvency Act 1986 in relation to a company is to be read as including a reference to that Act as it applies to charitable incorporated organisations.”.