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The Fair Employment (Monitoring) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

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Draft 2024, ISBN 9780338023568

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Draft Regulation laid before the Assembly under the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 for approval by resolution of the Assembly

Fair Employment

Laid before the Assembly in draft

Made xx xxx 2024

Coming into operation xx xxx 2024

The Executive Office f1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 53 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998f2 and now vested in itf3.

In accordance with Article 53(1) of that Order it has consulted with the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland,

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister; see section 1(1) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c.5 (N.I.).

f2

S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I.21)

f3

S.R. 1999 No. 481; Article 4(a) and Schedule 2, Part I

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Fair Employment (Monitoring) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Fair Employment (Monitoring) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on xx 2024.

2Amendment of the Fair Employment (Monitoring) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

In regulation 6 of the Fair Employment (Monitoring) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999f1 (date or period to which prescribed information relates), after paragraph (5) insert-

“(6)

Nothing in paragraphs (2), (3) or (4) shall require an employer to include in any monitoring return information in relation to employment as a teacher in a school at any time before the coming into operation of sections 1 and 2 of the Fair Employment (School Teachers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022f2.”

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Executive Office on xx of xx 2024.

Siobhan Broderick

A senior officer of the Executive Office

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend the Fair Employment (Monitoring) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, to require existing registered concerns (including public authorities) to provide monitoring information from 12th May 2024 in respect of teachers in their first annual monitoring return, following the revocation of the school teachers’ exception contained in the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.