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under Article 90(9) of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992^f1 (“the 1992 Order”) the Agency may from time to time revise the whole or any part of a Code of Practice issued by it;

in pursuance of Article 90(9) of the 1992 Order the Agency proposed to revise the whole of the Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities which came into effect on 20th May 2004;

in pursuance of Article 90(3) of the 1992 Order the Agency prepared and published in draft a revised Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities (“the draft Code”) and considered any representations made to it about the draft Code, and modified it accordingly;

in pursuance of Article 90(4) of the 1992 Order the Agency transmitted the draft Code to the Department for Employment and Learning^f2;

in pursuance of Article 90(4)(a) of the 1992 Order the Department for Employment and Learning approved the draft Code and laid it before the Assembly;

in pursuance of article 90(5) of the 1992 Order, the draft Code has been approved by resolution of the Assembly and the Agency has issued the revised Code of Practice in the form of the draft;