The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Part IIIncrease of 1996 Order Redundancy Payments

Power to increase 1996 Order redundancy payments above 1996 Order weekly pay limit

3.—(1) Where a LGPS member or an assumed member—

(a)ceases to hold his employment with an employing authority; and

(b)is entitled to a redundancy payment under the 1996 Order,

the authority may pay him compensation under this regulation.

(2) The compensation payable under this regulation shall not exceed the difference between—

(a)the redundancy payment to which he is entitled under Part XII of the 1996 Order (redundancy payments); and

(b)the redundancy payment to which he would have been so entitled if Article 23(1)(c) of that Order (limit on weekly pay for purposes of calculating redundancy payments) were omitted.