Regulation 3
Section 2(1) of the Act of 1977 is amended-
(a) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "employees' representatives":
"'employees' representatives', in relation to employees who are affected, or are likely to be affected, by proposed collective redundancies (whether by being selected for redundancy or otherwise), means-
(a) a trade union, staff association or excepted body with which it has been the practice of the employer to conduct collective bargaining negotiations, or
(b) in the absence of such a trade union, staff association or excepted body, a person or persons chosen (under an arrangement put in place by the employer) by such employees from amongst their number to represent them in negotiations with the employer;",
(b) by the insertion of the following definition:
"'excepted body' has the meaning assigned to it by section 6(3) of the Trade Union Act, 1941 (No. 22 of 1941), as amended;".