In these Regulations—• “the 1978 Act” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978;• “contract of employment”, “employee”, and “employment” have the same meanings respectively as in the 1978 Act;• “relevant date” has the same meaning as in section 122 2) of the 1978 Act.
In section 141(2A) of the 1978 Act, after the words “Member States of the European Communities” there shall be inserted “and of Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden”.
The amendment speci fi ed in Regulation 3 above shall have effect where the relevant date falls on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.
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