
1 
This Order may be cited as the Dismissal Procedures Agreement Designation 1981 (Revocation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2004.
2 
In this Order –
 “the Agreement” means the Dismissal Procedures Agreement (Northern Ireland) entered into on the 17th November 1980 between the Electrical Contractors' Association and the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union, designated in writing by the Department of Manpower Services on the 1st July 1981 under Article 26(2) of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;
 “the revocation date” means the date on which this Order comes into operation; and
 “the 1996 Order” means the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.
3 
The designation by the Department of Manpower Services of the Agreement under Article 26(2) of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 is hereby revoked.
4 
A dismissed employee whose effective date of termination was before the revocation date and who –
(a) would have been able but for this order to make a complaint to the Regional Joint Industry Board under the terms of the Agreement on or after the revocation date, or
(b) made a complaint to the Regional Joint Industry Board in accordance with the terms of the Agreement before the revocation date which has not been determined by that date,shall be entitled to present a complaint under Part XI of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 as if, for the purpose of Article 145(2) of the 1996 Order (and only for that purpose) the effective date of termination were the revocation date.
5 
An employee –
(a) who was in employment to which the Agreement applied before the revocation date, and
(b) who is entitled to present a complaint under Part XI of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 by virtue of Article 4 or whose effective date of termination falls on or after the revocation date,shall be treated, for the purpose of Article 140(1) of the 1996 Order (and only for that purpose), as if he had been continuously employed at the effective date of termination for a period of at least one year.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 8th January 2004.
R. B. Gamble
A senior officer of the
Department for Employment and Learning
