National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015
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Amendment of Redundancy Payments Act 1967 | ||
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13. (1) The Redundancy Payments Act 1967 is amended by the insertion of the following section: | ||
“Appeal to Labour Court from decision of adjudication officer | ||
39A. Section 44 of the Act of 2015 shall apply to a decision of an adjudication officer given in relation to an appeal under subsection (15), or a question referred to the Director General under subsection (16), of section 39 of this Act as it applies to a decision of an adjudication officer under section 41 of that Act, subject to the following modifications: | ||
(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): | ||
‘(1) (a) A party to an appeal under subsection (15), or proceedings in relation to a question referred to the Director General under subsection (16), of section 39 of the Act of 1967 may appeal a decision of an adjudication officer given in that appeal or those proceedings to the Labour Court and, where the party does so, the Labour Court shall— | ||
(i) give the parties to the second-mentioned appeal an opportunity to be heard by it and to present to it any evidence relevant to the appeal, | ||
(ii) make a decision in relation to the appeal affirming, varying or setting aside the decision of the adjudication officer to which the appeal relates, and | ||
(iii) give the parties to the appeal a copy of that decision in writing. | ||
(b) The Labour Court shall have power to make any decision in an appeal under this paragraph that an adjudication officer has power to make on the hearing of an appeal under subsection (15), or a question referred to the Director General under subsection (16), of section 39 of the Act of 1967.’; | ||
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(b) any other necessary modifications.”. | ||
(2) This section shall come into operation on the commencement of section 76 of the Act of 2015. |