Section 1243 | Payments made by the Government

(1)This section applies if—

(a)a redundancy payment or an approved contractual payment is payable by a company with investment business (“the employer”),

(b)a payment to which subsection (2) applies is made in respect of the payment, and

(c)expenses of management of the business are deductible under section 1219.

(2)This subsection applies to—

(a)payments made by the Secretary of State under section 167 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18), and

(b)payments made by the Department for Employment and Learning under Article 202 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16)).

(3)So far as the employer reimburses the Secretary of State or Department for the payment, sections 1240 to 1242 apply as if the payment were—

(a)a redundancy payment, or

(b)an approved contractual payment,

made by the employer.