The Insolvency of Employer (Excluded Classes) Regulations 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/278
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(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.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“the 1978 Act ” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 ;

“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.

Section 3 Amendment to Part IX of the 1978 Act

In section 141(2A) of the 1978 Act , after the words “Member States of the European Communities” there shall be inserted “and of Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden”.

Section 4 Amendment to Part IX of the 1978 Act

The operation of section 2(1) of the European Economic Area Act 1993 is excluded pursuant to the provisions of section 2(3) of that Act.

Section 5 Transitional provisions

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.