Statutory Rule 1999 No. 402

Public Interest Disclosure (Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

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(a) as if, after Article 158(1), there were inserted the following paragraph - 

    " (1A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to compensation awarded, or a compensatory award made, to a person in a case where he is regarded as unfairly dismissed by virtue of Article 134A or 137(5A)."; and

(b) as if, in Article 151(6)[5] - 


(i) after sub-paragraph (c), the word "and" was omitted; and

(ii) after sub-paragraph (d), there was inserted - 


     " and

(e) a dismissal where the reason (or if more than one, the principal reason) - 


(i) in a redundancy case, for selecting the employee for dismissal, or

(ii) otherwise, for the dismissal,



is that specified in Article 134A.".

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on

L.S.

R. B. Gamble
Assistant Secretary

29th September 1999.

[2] Article 151 of the 1996 Order was amended by the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, S.I. 1997/569 (N.I. 6) Schedule 2, paragraph (8)3, by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, S.I. 1998/1265 (N.I. 8), Article 15(1), Schedule 1, paragraph 11 and Schedule 2, by S.R. 1998 No. 386, regulation 32(6), and by the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21), Schedule 3 and is to be amended by the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, S.I. 1998/1763 (N.I. 17), Article 12(2). Article 152 of the 1996 Order was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolutions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Schedule 1, paragraph 12 and by S.R. 1998 No. 386, regulation 32(6), and is to be amended by the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 12(3). Article 154 of the 1996 Order was amended by S.R. 1998 No. 130, Article 3 and the Schedule and by S.R. 1998 No. 386, regulation 32(6). Article 156 of the 1996 Order was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Schedule 1, paragraph 13, and by S.R. 1998 No. 386, regulation 32(6). Article 157 of the 1996 Order was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Schedule 1, paragraph 14. Article 158 of the 1996 Order was amended by S.R. 1998 No. 130, Article 3 and the Schedule. Article 159 of the 1996 Order was amended by S.R. 1998 No. 130, Article 3 and the Schedule. Article 160 of the 1996 Order was amended by the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, Schedule 2, paragraph 8(4), by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 15(3) to (5) and Schedule 2 and by the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Schedule 3. Article 162A of the 1996 Order was inserted by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 14back

[3] Article 134A of the 1996 Order is to be inserted by the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 8back

[4] Article 137(5A) of the 1996 Order is to be inserted by the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 9back

[5] Article 151(6) of the 1996 Order was amended by the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, Schedule 2, paragraph 8(3), by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 15(1) and Schedule 2 and by the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Schedule 3back