The Redundancy Payments (National Health Service) (Modification) Order 1993

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Redundancy Payments (National Health Service) (Modification) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 13th January 1994.~

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) “relevant event” means any event occurring on or after the coming into force of this Order on the happening of which an employee may become ~entitled to a redundancy payment in accordance with the provisions of the 1978 Act;

(b) “the 1978 Act” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978.

Application of order

2.  This Order applies to any person who immediately before the occurrence of the relevant event is employed by an employer described in Schedule 1 to this Order, for the purposes of determining that persons entitlement to a redundancy payment under the 1978 Act and the amount of such payment.

Application of certain redundancy payments provisions with modifications

3.  In relation to any person to whom this Order applies the provisions of the 1978 Act mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Order shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in that Schedule.

Transitional, supplementary and incidental provisions

4.—(1)  Any reference to the 1978 Act in any enactment shall have effect as a reference to that Act as modified by this Order in relation to persons to whom this Order applies.

(2) Any document which refers, whether specifically or by means of a general description, to an enactment which is modified by any provision of this Order shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as referring, or as including a reference, to tht provision.

(3) Where a period of employment of a person to whom this Order applies falls to be computed in accordance with the provisions of the 1978 Act as modified by this Order, the provisions of this Order shall have effect in relation to any period whether falling wholly or partly before or after the coming into force of this Order.

Ann Widdecombe

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Employment

16th December 1993