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4. The 1978 Order shall be further varied in the Schedule as follows—
(a)In Article 1, after the definition of “the relevant tax year”, there shall be inserted the following definition—
“`the Schemes of 1973' means
(b)In Article 5—
(i)at the end of paragraph (1)(d), the word “and” shall be deleted;
(ii)in paragraph (1)(e), for the words “on or after 6th April 1981”, there shall be substituted the words “after 5th April 1981 and before 6th April 1982”; and the word “and” shall be inserted at the end of that sub-paragraph;
(iii)after paragraph (1)(e), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(f)whose relevant date fell on or after 6th April 1982 the weekly sum specified in Part 6 of Appendix 4 opposite the amounts specified in column 1 thereof appropriate to the amount of that employee's pre-redundancy earnings.”;
(iv)at the end of paragraph (3), there shall be added the words “or under Article 5B”;
(v)at the end of paragraph (4), there shall be inserted the words “and that his date of cessation of that employment is before 6th April 1982”;
(vi)in paragraph (5), there shall be inserted after “under paragraph (4)” the words “or under Article 5B”;
(vii)in paragraph (6), after the word “Scheme” there shall be inserted “or under Article 5B”.
(c)After Article 5A, there shall be inserted the following Article—
“5B.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Scheme, a person—
(a)who would be a coal industry employee within Article 2(1) except that his relevant date fell on or after 10th December 1972 and before 25th March 1978; and
(b)who is re-employed by a coal industry employer for a period of not less than one year; and
(c)who is then dismissed by a coal industry employer by reason of redundancy within the meaning of section 81(2) and (3) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978(1); and
(d)whose date of cessation of the period of employment referred to in sub-paragraph (b) is on or after 6th April 1982,
shall be eligible for payments under Article 5(1) and (2);
(2) A person within paragraph (1), or a coal industry employee who is eligible for payments under the foregoing provisions of this Scheme and satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph (1), may elect to substitute the date of cessation referred to in sub-paragraph (d) as the relevant date for the purposes of Article 5(1) and (2) and of adjusting his basic benefit under Article 6:
(i)such election is made within 26 weeks of the said date of cessation;
(ii)notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5(1), in respect of any week within the said period of 26 weeks prior to the coal industry employee making the election, the benefit payable to him shall be the sum payable under Article 5(1) and (2) less any sum for which he is eligible under Article 5(1) and (2) of the Schemes of 1973 in respect of the same week.”.
(d)In Article 6, in the proviso to sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (1)(b), for the words “6th April 1981” and the figures “£8.92” there shall be substituted respectively the words “6th April 1982” and the figures “£9.93”.
(e)In Article 9—
(i)in sub-paragraph (2)(a), before the words “No coal industry employee”, there shall be inserted the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (c),”;
(ii)after sub-paragraph (2)(b), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(c)No person who may elect as provided in Article 5B, shall be eligible for weekly payments under Article 5 of this Scheme in respect of an aggregate of more than 260 weeks less the number of weeks (if any) in respect of which he was eligible for benefit solely under Article 5 of the Schemes of 1973.”.
(f)For Article 11, there shall be substituted the following Article—
“11. Where the total weekly payment to a coal industry employee under this Scheme includes a fraction of a penny that fraction shall be disregarded if it is less than half a penny and shall be treated as a whole penny if it is half a penny or more.”.
(g)After Part 5 of Appendix 4, there shall be inserted the Table set out in the Schedule to this Order.
1978 c. 44
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