The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 No. 47

Prospective

PART IX N.I. MISCELLANEOUS

Restrictions on contracting out: general N.I.

37.—(1) Any provision in any agreement (whether an employee’s contract or not) is void in so far as it purports –

(a) to exclude or limit the operation of any provision of these Regulations other than a provision of Part VIII; or

(b) to preclude a person from bringing any proceedings before the Industrial Court or High Court under any provision of these Regulations other than a provision of Part VIII.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any agreement to refrain from continuing any proceedings referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph made after the proceedings have been instituted.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 37 in operation at 6.4.2005, see reg. 1