S.L. 452.80 Art. 9When redundanciesare take effect.

(1) Saving the right of employees regarding notice of to dismissal, any projected collective redundancies notified to the

Director responsible for Employment and Industrial Relations in accordance with regulation 8 shall only take effect on the lapse of thirty days after the said notification:

Provided that the Director responsible for Employment and Industrial Relations may, in exceptional circumstances, grant the employer a shorter period of notification: Provided further that the Director responsible for Employment and Industrial Relations may also extend the said period by a second period of thirty days if it appears to him that such extension may provide further opportunity for the resolution of the reasons for the redundancies or for the identification of solutions to the benefit of those employees who are being declared redundant.

(2) In the event that the Director responsible for Employment and Industrial Relations decides to extend the time limit of thirty days as provided in the second proviso of subregulation (1), the employer shall be informed of such extension by notice in writing which is to reach him prior to the lapse of the initial period.

(3) Subject to subregulations (1) and (2), the notice of termination of employment may begin to run from the date when the consultations referred to in regulation 5 commence.