Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Act 2026

Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act

10. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (4F), a person who” for “A person who”,

(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “the Minister may, subject to subsection (4F), refer” for “he may refer”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4E):

“(4F) Where an application for a payment in relation to a debt under section 6, or for a payment to be made under section 7, relates—

(a) to an employer who has become insolvent in the circumstances referred to in section 1(3)(i), or

(b) to an amount disputed under section 4D(3)(b),

a complaint shall not be presented to the Director General under subsection (1) in relation to such an application, and the Minister shall not refer a matter arising in connection with such an application to the Director General under subsection (3).”.