Access to employmentE+W+S
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Industrial action and ballotsE+W+S
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The Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union MembersE+W+S
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MiscellaneousE+W+S
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13 Merger of Redundancy Fund with National Insurance Fund, &c.E+W+S
(1)The assets and liabilities of the Redundancy Fund shall become assets and liabilities of the National Insurance Fund and the Redundancy Fund shall cease to exist.
(2)The Secretary of State shall prepare an account (in such form as the Treasury may direct) showing the final state of the Redundancy Fund, and shall send a copy of it to the Comptroller and Auditor General who shall examine, certify and report on the account and lay copies of it and of his report before each House of Parliament.
(3)References to the Redundancy Fund in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the M1Interpretation Act 1978) shall be construed as references to the National Insurance Fund.
(4)Section 105 of the M2Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (power to make repayments where contributions paid in respect of certain employees not entitled to redundancy payment) shall cease to have effect.
14 Period during which children may be employed for work experience.E+W+S
In section 1 of the M3Education (Work Experience) Act 1973 (work experience in the last year of compulsory schooling), in subsection (4) for the words from “a child is in his last year of compulsory schooling” to the end substitute “a child shall be taken to be in his last year of compulsory schooling from the beginning of the term at his school which precedes the beginning of the school year in which by virtue of section 9 of the Education Act 1962 he would be entitled to leave school.”.
Marginal Citations
GeneralU.K.
15 Financial provision.E+W+S
There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other Act.
16 Consequential amendments and repeals.E+W+S
(1)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 have effect with the amendments specified there, which are consequential on the provisions of this Act.
(2)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 are repealed to the extent specified there.
17 Northern Ireland.U.K.
(1)An Order in Council under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the M4Northern Ireland Act 1974 (legislation for Northern Ireland in the interim period) which contains a statement that it is only made for purposes corresponding to the purposes of section 13 of this Act (merger of Redundancy Fund with National Insurance Fund, &c.) shall not be subject to paragraph 1(4) and (5) of that Schedule (affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament) but shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(2)Apart from this section, the provisions of this Act do not extend to Northern Ireland.
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18 Short title and commencement.E+W+S
(1)This Act may be cited as the Employment Act 1990.
(2)The following provisions of this Act come into force on Royal Assent—
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section 14 (period during which children may be employed for work experience), and
sections 15 and 17 and this section (general ancillary provisions).
(3)The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument and different days may be appointed for different provisions.
(4)An order bringing into force any provision may contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 18(3)(4) power of appointment exercised: S.I. 1990/2378, 1991/89, art. 2.
P2S. 18(4) power exercised by S.I. 1991/89
Textual Amendments
F13In s. 18(1) the paragraphs relating to sections 11 and 12 are expressed to be repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act (c. 52, SIF 43:5), ss. 300, 302, Sch.1 (with Sch. 3)