12.—Subsection (2) of section 4, as amended by section 17 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1979, of the Act of 1967 is hereby amended by the substitution of “18 hours” for “20 hours”, and the said subsection (2), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

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(2) This Act shall not apply to a person who is normally expected to work for the same employer for less than 18 hours in a week.