The Act is amended by the insertion, after section 10, of the following:

"10A. Application of sections 9 and 10.

Sections 9 and 10 shall apply to an employer irrespective of whether the decision regarding collective redundancies is being taken by the employer or by an undertaking which controls the employer and it shall not be a defence on the part of the employer that the necessary information had not been provided to the employer by a controlling party, or parties, which took the decision leading to the collective redundancies.".