The Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (Commencement, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

Transitional and saving provisions: provisions coming into operation on 5th April 2015

7.—(1) The amendments made by section 13(1) and (2) of the 2015 Act have effect only in relation to any adoption pay period (within the meaning given in section 167ZN(2) of the 1992 Act) which begins on or after 5th April 2015.

(2) Sections 4, 7 and 14(2) to (4) of the 2015 Act, and the amendments and repeals made by the provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 to that Act listed in article 4, do not have effect in relation to—

(a) children whose expected week of birth ends on or before 4th April 2015;

(b) children placed for adoption on or before 4th April 2015.

(3) In relation to any application for a change in terms and conditions which is made on or before 4th April 2015, the following amendments and repeals do not have effect—

(a) the amendments made by section 19; and

(b) the following repeals in Schedule 2—

(i) in Article 112F(1) of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, the word “and” following sub-paragraph (a) and sub-paragraph (b); and

(ii) in Article 112F(2) of that Order, the word “and” following sub-paragraph (c) and sub-paragraph (d).