Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Employment Act 1990 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1990. It extends the transitional provisions contained in article 4(2) of that Order, by altering a date in two places in that article in relation to the cases to which the extension applies.
The extension of the transitional provisions applies in connection with any refusal of employment or of a service of an employment agency taking place after 21 January 1991 (the date of this Order).
The effect of the extension is that section 1(3) or, as may be appropriate, 2(3) of the Employment Act 1990 will not apply in relation to an advertisement where it is contained in a book or periodical which is published after 31st December 1990 by a person other than the employer or, as the case may be, employment agency if –
the book or periodical was first published before 1st January 1991 (instead of 1st January 1990); or
the last date on which the publisher of the book or periodical would have entertained a request to alter the contents of the advertisement fell before 1st January 1991 (also instead of 1st January 1990).