F1Sch. inserted (19.7.2007 for certain purposes and 10.8.2007 otherwise) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 52(5), 60(1) {Sch. 6}; S.R. 2007/335, art. 2
2 A person is not a relevant employer in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Order applies if the disabled person has had no period of employment with him which is a qualifying period of employment.N.I.
3 A person is not a relevant employer in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Order applies if the disabled person's qualifying period of employment with him did not exceed 12 months.N.I.
4 A person is not a relevant employer in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Order applies if the disabled person's qualifying period of employment with him—N.I.
(a)did not exceed 5 years, and
(b)represents not more than 25 per cent. of the time during which the disabled person was employed in a prescribed occupation.
5 A person is not a relevant employer in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Order applies if the disabled person's qualifying period of employment with him—N.I.
(a)did not exceed 7 years, and
(b)represents not more than 20 per cent. of the time during which the disabled person was employed in a prescribed occupation.
6 In paragraphs 3 to 5, references to the disabled person's qualifying period of employment with his employer, where there has been more than one such period, are to the aggregate of those periods.]N.I.