Hospitals' Trust (1940) Limited (Payments To Former Employees) Act, 2000

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

“Act of 1967” means the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 ;

“applicant” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of this Act;

“Committee” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of this Act;

“company” means the Hospitals' Trust (1940) Limited;

“former employee” means a person who was employed by the company for a period of which not less than 104 weeks was a period of continuous employment (within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the Act of 1967) and continued to be so employed until 16 March 1987 or any earlier date (but not earlier than 1 November 1986);

“lump sum” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of this Act;

“Minister” means the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment;

“personal representative” has the same meaning as it has in the Succession Act, 1965 .