Insolvency of Employer (Excluded Classes) Regulations 1995
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1995/278 |
1995 No. 278
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The Insolvency of Employer (Excluded Classes) Regulations 1995
Made 2nd February 1995
Laid before Parliament 15th February 1995
Coming into force 9th March 1995
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated1for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722in relation to the rights and obligations of employer and employee in the event of an employer’s insolvency, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Insolvency of Employer (Excluded Classes) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 9th March 1995.
(2) These Regulations shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1978 Act” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 19783;
“contract of employment”, “employee”, and “employment” have the same meanings respectively as in the 1978 Act;
“relevant date” has the same meaning as in section 122 2) of the 1978 Act.
Amendment to Part IX of the 1978 Act
3. In section 141(2A) of the 1978 Act4, after the words “Member States of the European Communities” there shall be inserted “and of Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden”.
4. The operation of section 2(1) of the European Economic Area Act 19935is excluded pursuant to the provisions of section 2(3) of that Act.
Transitional provisions
5. The amendment speci fi ed in Regulation 3 above shall have effect where the relevant date falls on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.
Phillip Oppenheim
Joint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Employment.
2nd February 1995
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations give effect to certain obligations arising from the European Economic Area Agreement signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073), as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183) by providing that those who under their contract of employment ordinarily work in Austria, Finland...
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