Employment Protection Act 1982

After the repeal of the Principal Act, this Act continues to have effect and is to be construed subject to the Industrial Relations Act 1996.

In particular—

references in this Act are to be construed in accordance with clause 40 of Schedule 4 to the Industrial Relations Act 1996, and

references to agreements are to be construed as references to enterprise agreements within the meaning of that Act, except in section 14 (2) (b) and (3) of this Act where the references are to be construed as references to former industrial agreements.