Section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by -

(a) in subsection (1), the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (j):

"(j) officers of a health board (other than temporary officers) or a vocational education committee established by the Vocational Education Act, 1930.",

(b) in subsection (2), the insertion after paragraph (b) of the following proviso to subsection (2):

"Provided that where, following dismissal consisting only of the expiry of the term of a contract of employment such as aforesaid ('the prior contract') without the term being renewed under the contract or the cesser of the purpose of the contract -

(i) the employee concerned is re-employed by the employer concerned within 3 months of the dismissal under a contract of employment such as aforesaid made between the employer and the employee ('the subsequent contract') and the nature of the employment is the same as or similar to that of the employment under the prior contract,

(ii) the employee is dismissed from the employment,

(iii) the dismissal consisted only of the expiry of the term of the subsequent contract without the term being renewed under the contract or the cesser of the purpose of the contract, and