Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1919/part/VI
Timestamp: 2019-08-21 02:06:05
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 67', 'art. 68', 'art. 68', 'Art. 68', 'art. 68', 'art. 68', 'Art. 68', 'art. 70', 'art. 70', 'art. 70', 'art. 70', 'art. 2', 'Art. 70', 'art. 3', 'Art. 70', 'art. 3', 'Art. 70', 'art. 3', 'Art. 70', 'art. 4', 'art. 7', 'art. 71', 'art. 3', 'Art. 71', 'art. 3', 'Art. 71', 'art. 2', 'art. 71', 'art. 3', 'Art. 71', 'art. 3', 'art. 71', 'art. 3', 'art. 71', 'art. 2', 'Art. 71', 'art. 2', 'Art. 71', 'art. 3', 'Art. 71', 'Art. 71', 'Art. 71', 'Art. 71', 'Art. 71', 'art. 2', 'art 11', 'art. 72', 'art. 3', 'Art. 72', 'art. 3', 'Art. 72', 'art. 2', 'Art. 72', 'art. 2', 'Art. 72', 'Art. 72', 'art. 2', 'Art. 72', 'Art. 72', 'Art. 72', 'Art. 72', 'art. 77', 'art. 4']

17/03/2014- Amendment
The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, PART VI is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 21 August 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
PART VIF74N.I.PROTECTION FROM SUFFERING DETRIMENT ETC. IN EMPLOYMENT
F74functions transfered SR 1999/481
CHAPTER IF74N.I.RIGHTS NOT TO SUFFER DETRIMENT
[F1Jury serviceN.I.
(a)has been summoned under the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order [F21996] (NI 6) or the Coroners (Northern Ireland) Act 1959 (c.15) to attend for service as a juror, or
(4) In paragraph (3) “a relevant period” means any period during which the employee is absent from work because of his attendance at any place in pursuance of being summoned as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a).]
F2Word in art. 67M(1)(a) substituted (3.8.2010) by Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 12), ss. 7(1), 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 6(1)
Health and safety casesN.I.
[F3(ba)the employee took part (or proposed to take part) in consultation with the employer pursuant to the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 or in an election of representatives of employee safety within the meaning of those Regulations (whether as a candidate or otherwise),]
(4) F4. . . this Article does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of[F4 Part XI]).
F3SR 1996/511
[F5Working time casesN.I.
68A.—(1) A worker has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done on the ground that the worker-
(a)refused (or proposed to refuse) to comply with a requirement which the employer imposed (or proposed to impose) in contravention of [F6the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016] ,
(2) It is immaterial for the purposes of paragraph (1)(e) or (f)—
(4) This Article does not apply where a worker is an employee and the detriment in question amounts to dismissal within the meaning of Part XIF7. . . .
[F8(5) A reference in this Article to [F9the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016] includes a reference to
(a)]the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003.
[F10(b)the Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004 [F11; F12...
(c)the Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008[F13; and]
[F14(d)the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018.]]]]
F5SR 1998/386
F6Words in art. 68A(1)(a) substituted (28.2.2016) by The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/49), regs. 1, 53(3)(a)(i) (with reg. 22(1))
F8SI 2003/3049
F9Words in art. 68A(5) substituted (28.2.2016) by The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/49), regs. 1, 53(3)(a)(ii) (with reg. 22(1))
F10SI 2004/1713
F11Art. 68A(5)(c) and preceding word inserted (1.10.2008) by Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/315), reg. 19, Sch. 3 para. 2(2)
F12Word in art. 68A(5)(b) omitted (17.3.2014) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/308), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 3(2)(a)
F13Word in art. 68A(5)(c) inserted (17.3.2014) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/308), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 3(2)(b)
F14Art. 68A(5)(d) substituted (6.4.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/58), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(a) (with regs. 3, 4)
Trustees of occupational pension schemesN.I.
(2) F15. . . this Article does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of[F15 Part XI]).
[F16(2A) This Article applies to an employee who is a director of a company which is a trustee of a relevant occupational pension scheme as it applies to an employee who is a trustee of such a scheme (references to such a trustee being read for this purpose as references to such a director).]
F151999 NI 9
F161999 NI 11
Employee representativesN.I.
(a)an employee representative for the purposes of Part XIII of this Order or[F17regulations 9, 13 and 15 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006][F18 or regulations 9, 13 and 15 of the Service Provision Change (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006], or
[F19(1A) An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or by any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done on the ground of his participation in an election of employee representatives for the purposes of Part XIII of this Order or [F20regulations 9, 13 and 15 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006][F21or regulations 9, 13 and 15 of the Service Provision Change (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006] .]
(2) F22. . . this Article does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to a dismissal (within the meaning of[F22 Part XI]).
F17Words in art. 70(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2006) by Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), reg. 20(3), Sch. 2 para. 11(a) (with reg. 21(1), Sch. 1 para. 3)
F18Words in art. 70(1)(a) inserted (6.4.2006) by Service Provision Change (Protection of Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/177), reg. 20(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(a)
F19SR 1999/432
F20Words in art. 70(1A) substituted (6.4.2006) by Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), reg. 20(3), Sch. 2 para. 11(a) (with reg. 21(1), Sch. 1 para. 3)
F21Words in art. 70(1A) inserted (6.4.2006) by Service Provision Change (Protection of Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/177), reg. 20(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(a)
[F23Employees exercising right to time off work for study or trainingN.I.
70A.—(1) An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer or the principal (within the meaning of Article 91A(3)) done on the ground that, being a person entitled to—
(a)time off under Article 91A(1) or (3), and
(b)remuneration under Article 91B(1) in respect of that time taken off,
(2) F24. . . this Article does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of[F24 Part XI]).]
F231998 NI 15
F241999 NI 9
[F25Protected disclosuresN.I.
[F26(1A) A worker (“W”) has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, done—
But this does not prevent the employer from being liable by reason of paragraph (1B).]
(2) F27. . . this Article does not apply where—
(b)the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of[F27 Part XI]).
(3) For the purposes of this Article, and of Articles 71 and 72 so far as relating to this Article, “worker”, “worker's contract”, “employment” and “employer” have the extended meaning given by Article 67K.]
F251998 NI 17
F26Arts. 70B(1A)-(1E) inserted (1.10.2017) by Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 15), ss. 16(1), 29(2); S.R. 2017/199, art. 2
[F28Leave for family and domestic reasonsN.I.
[F29(aa)time off under Article 85ZE,]
[F30(ab)time off under Article 85ZJ or 85ZL,]
[F31(ba)ordinary or additional adoption leave,]
[F32(bb)shared parental leave,]
[F33(ca)paternity leave,]
[F34(4) An agency worker has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by the temporary work agency or the hirer done on the ground that—
F29Art. 70C(2)(aa) inserted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 15(4), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(l)
F30Art. 70C(2)(ab) inserted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 17(4), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(n)
F312002 NI 2
F32Art. 70C(2)(bb) inserted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), s. 23(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(5)(a); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(2)(d)
F33Art. 70C(2)(ca) substituted (5.4.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), s. 23(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(5)(b); S.R. 2015/86, art. 4(2)(c) (with art. 7(2))
F34Arts. 70C(4)-(6) added (15.3.2015 for specified purposes, 5.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 18(2), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, arts. 3(1)(o), 4(1)(f)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F35N.I.
F35prosp. in pt. inserted by 2002 c. 21 for the purpose of rights conferred on employees by virtue of regulations under s. 25
[F36 Flexible workingN.I.
[F3770E.]—(1) An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done on the ground that the employee—
(2) This Article does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to dismissal within the meaning of Part XI.]
F362002 NI 2
71.—(1) An employee may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of Article[F38 67M,] 68,[F39 69, 70[F40,70A[F41, [F4270C(1)] or[F43 70E]]]].
[F44(1ZA) A worker may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of Article 68A.]
[F45(1A) A worker may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of Article 70B.]
[F46(1AA) An agency worker may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal that the agency worker has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of Article 70C(4) by the temporary work agency or the hirer.]
[F47(1B) A person may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of Article 70D.]
(2) [F45On a complaint under [F48paragraph (1), (1ZA), (1A) or (1B)]] it is for the employer to show the ground on which any act, or deliberate failure to act, was done.
[F49(2A) On a complaint under paragraph (1AA) it is for the temporary work agency or (as the case may be) the hirer to show the ground on which any act, or deliberate failure to act, was done.]
and, in the absence of evidence establishing the contrary, an employer [F50, a temporary work agency or a hirer] shall be taken to decide on a failure to act when he does an act inconsistent with doing the failed act or, if he has done no such inconsistent act, when the period expires within which he might reasonably have been expected to do the failed act if it was to be done.
[F39(5) In this Article and Article 72 any reference to the employer [F51includes—
(a)where] a person complains that he has been subjected to a dertiment in contravention of Article 70A, the principal (within the meaning of Article 91A(3)).
[F52(b)in the case of proceedings against a worker or agent under Article 70B(1A), the worker or agent.]]
[F53(6) In—
have the same meaning as in the Agency Workers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011.]
F382004 NI 19
F391998 NI 15
F401999 NI 9
F412002 NI 2
F42Word in art. 71(1) substituted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 18(3)(a), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(o)
F432003 NI 15
F44SR 1998/386
F46Art. 71(1AA) inserted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 18(3)(b), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(o)
F47Art. 71(1B) inserted (1.9.2002 for certain purposes, otherwise prosp.) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 27, 61, Sch. 1 para. 2(3); S.I. 2002/1727, art. 2
F48Words in art. 71(2) substituted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 18(3)(c), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(o)
F49Art. 71(2A) inserted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 18(3)(d), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(o)
F50Words in art. 71(4) inserted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 18(3)(e), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(o)
F51Words in art. 71(5) substituted (1.10.2017) by Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 15), ss. 16(2)(a), 29(2); S.R. 2017/199, art. 2
F52Art. 71(5)(b) inserted (1.10.2017) by Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 15), ss. 16(2)(b), 29(2); S.R. 2017/199, art. 2
F53Art. 71(6) added (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 18(3)(f), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(o)
C1Art. 71 applied (1.10.2006) by Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/261), regs. 1(1), 51, Sch. 5 para. 13(3) (with reg. 50)
C2Art. 71(2)-(4) applied (6.4.2006) by Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/48), reg. 17, Sch. para. 8(2)
C3Art. 71(2)-(14) applied (18.8.2006) by virtue of European Cooperative Society (Involvement of Employees) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2059), regs. 2, 34(2), Sch. 3 para. 22
C4Art. 71(2)-(4) applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by European Public Limited-Liability Company (Employee Involvement) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2402), reg. 32(2) (with reg. 39)
C5Art. 71(2)-(4) applied (with modifications) (30.6.2012) by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13), ss. 56, 118(1) (with s. 73); S.R. 2012/266, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. 2
72.—(1) Where an industrial tribunal finds a complaint under [F54Article 71(1), (1ZA), (1A) or (1B)] well-founded, the tribunal—
[F55(1A) Where an industrial tribunal finds a complaint under Article 71(1AA) well-founded, the tribunal—
(b)may make an award of compensation to be paid by the temporary work agency or (as the case may be) the hirer to the complainant in respect of the act or failure to act to which the complaint relates.]
(2) [F56Subject to[F57 paragraphs (5A) and (6)],] the amount of the compensation awarded shall be such as the tribunal considers just and equitable in all the circumstances having regard to—
(b)any loss which is attributable to the act, or failure to act, which infringed the complainant's right.
(5) Where the tribunal finds that the act, or failure to act, to which the complaint relates was to any extent caused or contributed to by action of the complainant, it shall reduce the amount of the compensation by such proportion as it considers just and equitable having regard to that finding.
[F57(5A) Where—
(b)the detriment to which the worker is subjected is the termination of his worker's contract, and
any compensation must not exceed the compensation that would be payable under Chapter II of Part XI if the worker had been an employee and had been dismissed for the reason specified in Article 132A.]
[F56(6) Where—
any compensation must not exceed the compensation that would be payable under Chapter II of Part XI if the worker had been an employee and had been dismissed for the reason specified in Article 134A.]
[F58(6A) Where—
[F59(7) Where—
any compensation must not exceed the compensation that would be payable under Chapter 2 of Part 11 if the complainant had been an employee and had been dismissed for the reason specified in Article 135B.]
F54Words in art. 72(1) substituted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 18(4)(a), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(o)
F55Art. 72(1A) inserted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 18(4)(b), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(o)
F561998 NI 17
F57SR 1998/386
F58Art. 72(6A) inserted (1.10.2017) by Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 15), ss. 14(4), 29(2); S.R. 2017/199, art. 2
F59Art. 72(7) inserted (1.9.2002 for certain purposes, otherwise prosp.) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 27, 61, Sch. 1 para. 2(4); S.I. 2002/1727, art. 2
C6Art. 72 applied (6.4.2006) by Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/48), reg. 17, Sch. para. 8(2)
C7Art. 72 applied (with modifications) (30.6.2012) by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13), ss. 56, 118(1) (with s. 73); S.R. 2012/266, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. 2
C8Art. 72(1)-(5) applied (18.8.2006) by European Cooperative Society (Involvement of Employees) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2059), regs. 2, 34(3), Sch. 3 para. 22
C9Art. 72(1)-(5) applied (15.12.2007) by Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2974), regs. 22(3), 51(2), Sch. 2 paras. 10, 20
C10Art. 72(1)-(5) applied (1.10.2009) by European Public Limited-Liability Company (Employee Involvement) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2402), reg. 32(3) (with reg. 39)
[F60Application to police of Article 68 and related provisionsN.I.
[F61(2) In this Article “the relevant officer”, in relation to a person holding the office of constable, means the person who under Article 47A of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 is to be treated as his employer for the purposes of Part II of that Order.]]
F601997 NI 16
F61Art. 72A(2) substituted (25.7.2006 with effect as mentioned in s. 27(4) of the amending Act) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 27(2)(a)(3), 31(1)(f) (with s. 27(5))
CHAPTER IIF74N.I.[F62DETRIMENT]
F622004 NI 19
[F63Detriment] on grounds related to union membership or activitiesN.I.
73.—(1) [F63A worker] has the right not to[F64 be subjected to any detriment as an individual by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer if the act or failure takes place] for[F63 the sole or main purpose] of—
(b)preventing or deterring him from taking part in the activities of an independent trade union at an appropriate time, or penalising him for doing so,F63. . .
[F63(ba)preventing or deterring him from making use of trade union services at an appropriate time, or penalising him for doing so, or]
(a)a time outside the[F63 worker's] working hours, or
and for this purpose “working hours”, in relation to[F63 a worker], means any time when, in accordance with his contract of employment[F63 (or other contract personally to do work or perform services)], he is required to be at work.
(2D) For the purposes of paragraph (2C), not conferring a benefit that, if the offer had been accepted by the worker, would have been conferred on him under the resulting agreement shall be taken to be subjecting him to a detriment as an individual (and to be a deliberate failure to act).]
(3) [F63A worker] also has the right not to[F64 be subjected to any detriment as an individual by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer if the act or failure takes place] for[F63 the sole or main purpose] of enforcing a requirement (whether or not imposed by[F63 a contract of employment] or in writing) that, in the event of his not being a member of any trade union or of a particular trade union or of one of a number of particular trade unions, he must make one or more payments.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) any deduction made by an employer from the remuneration payable to[F63 a worker] in respect of his employment shall, if it is attributable to his not being a member of any trade union or of a particular trade union or of one of a number of particular trade unions, be treated as[F64 a detriment to which he has been subjected as an individual by an act of his employer taking place] for[F63 the sole or main purpose] of enforcing a requirement of a kind mentioned in that paragraph.
(5) References in this Chapter to being or becoming a member of a trade union include references to being or becoming a member of a particular branch or section of that union and to being or becoming a member of one of a number of particular branches or sections of that unionF63. . . .
[F63(5A) References in this Chapter—
shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (5).]
[F63(6) This Article does not apply where—
F641999 NI 9
74.—(1) [F65A worker or former worker] may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal on the ground that[F66 he has been subjected to a detriment] by his employer in contravention of Article 73.
(a)before the end of the period of three months beginning with the date of the[F66 act or failure to which the complaint relates or, where that act or failure is part of a series of similar acts or failures (or both) the last of them], or
[F66(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)—
F652004 NI 19
F661999 NI 9
75.—(1) On a complaint under Article 74 it shall be for the employer to show[F67 what was the sole or main purpose] for which[F68 he acted or failed to act].
(2) In determining any question whether[F68 the employer acted or failed to act, or the purpose for which he did so], no account shall be taken of any pressure which was exercised on him by calling, organising, procuring or financing a strike or other industrial action, or by threatening to do so; and that question shall be determined as if no such pressure had been exercised.
Paras. (3)-(5) rep. by 2004 NI 19
F681999 NI 9
(b)may make an award of compensation to be paid by the employer to the complainant in respect of the[F69 act of failure] complained of.
(b)any loss sustained by the complainant which is attributable to the[F69 act or failure] which infringed his right.
(a)any expenses reasonably incurred by the complainant in consequence of the[F69 act or failure] complained of, and
(b)loss of any benefit which he might reasonably be expected to have had but for that[F69 act or failure].
(6) Where the tribunal finds that the[F69 act or failure] complained of was to any extent caused or contributed to by action of the complainant, it shall reduce the amount of the compensation by such proportion as it considers just and equitable having regard to that finding.
F691999 NI 9
Awards against third partiesN.I.
(a)the complaint is made on the ground that[F70 the complainant has been subjected to detriment by an act or failure by his employer taking place] for[F71 the sole or main purpose] of compelling him to be or become a member of any trade union or of a particular trade union or of one of a number of particular trade unions, and
(b)either the complainant or the employer claims in proceedings before the tribunal that the employer was induced to[F70 act or fail to act in the way] complained of by pressure which a trade union or other person exercised on him by calling, organising, procuring or financing a strike or other industrial action, or by threatening to do so,
F701999 NI 9
F712004 NI 19
[F72CHAPTER IIIF74N.I.INDUCEMENTS
F722004 NI 19
(3) The amount of the award shall be [F73£4,401] (subject to any adjustment of the award that may fall to be made under Part IV of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003).
F73Sum in art. 77E(3) substituted (6.4.2019) by The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/63), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. (with art. 4)