(1) The Redundancy Payments Act 1967 is amended by the insertion of the following section:
"39A. Appeal to Labour Court from decision of adjudication officer
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):
(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
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