Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024
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Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1977 | ||
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4. Section 2 of the Act of 1977 is amended by the insertion of the following definition: | ||
“ ‘responsible person’, in the case of an employer whose business is being terminated following the commencement of bankruptcy or winding up proceedings or for any other reason as a result of a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, means— | ||
(a) the liquidator, | ||
(b) the provisional liquidator (within the meaning of Part 11 of the Companies Act 2014 ), | ||
(c) the receiver who has assumed full responsibility for the management of the business concerned, or | ||
(d) any other person appointed by the court where that person has assumed full responsibility for the management of the business concerned.”. |