27. After regulation 41 insert—
41A.—(1) In this regulation—
(a)Day A is the day on which the worker concerned complies with the requirement in paragraph (1) of Article 20A of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (requirement to contact Labour Relations Agency before instituting proceedings) in relation to the matter in respect of which the proceedings are brought, and
(b)Day B is the day on which the worker concerned receives or, if earlier, is treated as receiving (by virtue of regulations made under paragraph (11) of that Article) the certificate issued under paragraph (4) of that Article.
(2) In working out when the three month time limit set by regulation 41(1)(a) expires the period beginning with the day after Day A and ending with Day B is not to be counted.
(3) If the three month time limit set by regulation 41(1)(a) would (if not extended by this paragraph) expire during the period beginning with Day A and ending one month after Day B, the time limit expires instead at the end of that period.
(4) The power conferred on the industrial tribunal by regulation 41(3) to extend the three month time limit set by paragraph (1)(a) of that regulation is exercisable in relation to that time limit as extended by this regulation.”.