Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)

Part XII E+W+S Insolvency of employers

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 12 modified (6.4.2006 with application in accordance with reg. 21(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), regs. 1(2), 8

186 Limit on amount payable under section 182. E+W+S

(1) The total amount payable to an employee in respect of any debt to which this Part applies, where the amount of the debt is referable to a period of time, shall not exceed—

(a) [F1 £489] in respect of any one week, or

(b) in respect of a shorter period, an amount bearing the same proportion to [F1 £489] as that shorter period bears to a week.

F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 186(1)(a)(b) substituted (6.4.2017) by The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/175), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. (with art. 4)

F2 S. 186(2) repealed (17.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 36(1)(3), 44, Sch. 9(10); S.I. 1999/3374, art. 2(b)(c), Sch.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 186(1)(a)(b): power to amend conferred (17.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 34(1)(d); S.I. 1999/3374, art. 2(a)