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Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (No. 27)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Preliminary and General (ss. 1-3)1. Short title, construction and collective citation.2. Definitions.3. Duration of effect of Part 2 and related matters.Part 2 Exceptional Collective Redundancies (ss. 4-10)4. What constitutes exceptional collective redundancies.5. Redundancy Panel.6. Reference to Redundancy Panel.7. Request by Minister for opinion of Labour Court.8. Hearings, and giving of opinions, by Labour Court.9. Effect of opinion.10. Extension of time during which dismissal may not take place.Part 3 Amendments of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 (ss. 11-13)11. Amendment of section 2 (interpretation) of the Protection of Employment Act 1977.12. Amendment of section 9 (obligation on employer to consult employees' representatives) of the Protection of Employment Act 1977.13. Further amendments (penalties) of the Protection of Employment Act 1977.Part 4 Amendments of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (ss. 14-19)14. Amendment of section 2 (interpretation) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967.15. Amendment of section 4 (classes of persons to which this Act applies) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967.16. Amendment of section 7 (general right to redundancy payment) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967.17. Amendment of section 38 (decisions by deciding officers) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967.18. Amendment of section 39 (Redundancy Appeals Tribunal and appeals and references thereto) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967.19. Further amendments (penalties) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967.Part 5 Amendments of the Redundancy Payments Act 1971 (ss. 20-21)20. Repeal of section 3 (provisions relating to persons reaching qualifying age for old age pension) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1971.21. Amendment of section 16 (offences relating to payments under Principal Act) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1971.Part 6 Amendments of the Redundancy Payments Act 1979 (ss. 22-23)22. Amendment of section 1 (definitions) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1979.23. Repeal of section 5 (provisions relating to persons reaching qualifying age for old age pension) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1979.Part 7 Amendments of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 (ss. 24-26)24. Amendment of section 1 (definitions) of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.25. Amendment of section 2 (exclusions) of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.26. Amendment of section 5 (dismissal by way of lock-out or for taking part in strike) of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.Part 8 Amendments of the Employment Equality Act 1998 (s. 27)27. Amendment of section 17 (compliance with statutory requirements, etc.) of the Employment Equality Act 1998.
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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 8 May 2007 - onwards

1. Short title, construction and collective citation.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007.

(2) The Protection of Employment Act 1977, together with the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 and this Act (insofar as they apply to the first-mentioned Act), shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2007.

(3) The Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2003 and this Act (insofar as it relates to those Acts) shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2007.

(4) The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2005 and this Act (insofar as it relates to those Acts) shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007.

(5) The Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004 and this Act (insofar as it relates to those Acts) shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2007.

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