Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019

Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1984

88. Section 4 of the Act of 1984 is amended, in subsection (1) (amended by the European Communities (Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency)) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 630 of 2005 ))—

(a) in paragraph (f), by the substitution of “having become insolvent,” for “having become insolvent, and”, and

(b) by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph (g):

“(g) where the employer is an undertaking which is insolvent under the laws, regulations and administrative procedures of another Member State in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Directive, and the employees concerned are employed or habitually employed in the State, the date on which the insolvency was established under the laws, regulations and administrative procedures of that other Member State, and

(h) where the employer is insolvent under the laws, regulations and administrative procedures of the United Kingdom and the employees concerned are employed or habitually employed in the State, the date on which the insolvency was established under the laws, regulations and administrative procedures of the United Kingdom.”.