Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988

Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act.

13.—Section 1 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for the definition of “Aer Lingus” contained in that section of the following definition:

“‘Aer Lingus’ except in the First or Second Schedule (inserted by the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988) to this Act, means Aer Lingus public limited company;”,

(b) the substitution for the definition of “Aerlinte” contained in that section of the following definition:

“‘Aerlinte’ means Aerlinte Éireann public limited company;”,

(c) the substitution for the definition of “designated body” contained in that section of the following definition:

“‘designated body’ means a body to which this Act applies and which is designated in Part I or Part II of the First Schedule (inserted by the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988) to this Act;”,

(d) the substitution for the definition of “employee” contained in that section of the following definition:

“‘employee’ means, in relation to a specified body, a person employed for not less than eighteen hours per week by the body under a contract of service or apprenticeship and for the purposes of sections 9 (4) (w) and 10 of this Act, a person employed in such a capacity by Aerlinte under such a contract shall be regarded as being an employee of Aer Lingus;”,

(e) the substitution for the definition of “nomination day” contained in that section of the following definition:

“‘nomination day’, subject to sections 13 (6) and 14 (3) of this Act, means in relation to an election, the day fixed pursuant to section 6 (inserted by the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988) of this Act to be, for the purposes of this Act, a nomination day in an election year;”,

(f) the insertion after the definition of “nomination day” (as amended by this section) of the following definition:

“‘nomination period’ has the meaning specified in section 8 (as amended by the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988) of this Act;”,

and

(g) the substitution for the definition of “ordinary member” contained in that section of the following definition:

“‘ordinary member’ means a person who is a member of any designated body specified in Part I of the First Schedule (inserted by the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988) to this Act and who is appointed to be such member otherwise than under this Act;”.