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81. Amendment of Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act 1984

(1) Section 1 of the Act of 1984 is amended, in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following definition:

"'Act of 2015' means the Workplace Relations Act 2015;".

(2) Section 6 of the Act of 1984 is amended -

(a) in subparagraph (xxx) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2), by the deletion of "and" after "that Schedule,",

(b) in subparagraph (xxxi) of that paragraph, by the substitution of "that Schedule, and" for "that Schedule.",

(c) in that paragraph, by the insertion of the following subparagraph (inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014):

"(xxxii) any amount that an employer within the meaning of the Act of 2015 is required to pay by virtue of a decision of an adjudication officer or the Labour Court under Part 4 of that Act.",

(d) in paragraph (b) of subsection (2), by the substitution of ", (xxxi) or (xxxii)" for "or (xxxi)",

(e) in paragraph (c) of subsection (2), by -

(i) the substitution of ", (xxxi) or (xxxii)" for "or (xxxi)", and

(ii) the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i):

"(i) the decision or recommendation, as appropriate, of the rights commissioner, or the decision of the adjudication officer under Part 4 of the Act of 2015,",