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Employment Relations (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 7) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003

S.R. 2003/332 · Made 10 July 2003

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EMPLOYMENT

Made 10th July 2003

The Department for Employment and Learningf1, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 1(2) and 39(3) of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999f2, and now vested in itf3, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

Formerly known as the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; renamed the Department for Employment and Learning by the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 15)

f2

S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9)

f3

Article 4(b) and Part II of Schedule 2 of the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481) transferred functions under the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 to the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, now renamed the Department for Employment and Learning

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule REPEALS COMING INTO OPERATION ON 13th JULY 2003
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 7) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003.

2Commencement

The following provisions of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 shall come into operation on 13th July 2003 –

(a)

Article 38 and Schedule 8; and

(b)

the repeals specified in Part 12 of Schedule 9 (National Security) and set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 10th July 2003.

L.S.

R. B. Gamble

A senior officer of the

Department for Employment and Learning

REPEALS COMING INTO OPERATION ON 13th JULY 2003

ChapterShort TitleExtent of repeal
1996 N.I. 18The Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996Article 6(7)
1998 N.I. 17The Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998Article 14

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order brings into operation on 13th July 2003, Article 38 of and Schedule 8 to, the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.

Article 38 and Schedule 8 substitute a new Article 238 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (national security) and a new Article 12 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, which contains powers to make provision in the industrial tribunal procedure regulations to deal with cases concerning national security. Schedule 8 also introduces a new Article 12A (power to make provision in the industrial tribunal procedure regulations in respect of confidential information), a new Article 12B (restriction of publicity in cases involving national security) and repeals Article 6(7) (composition of a tribunal) of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

This Order also brings into operation the repeals specified in Part 12 of Schedule 9 to the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and which are set out in the Schedule to this Order.