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The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/1187 · Made 26 March 2001

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Made 26th March 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 45(1) of the Employment Relations Act 1999f1, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 26; the repeal of paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 is effected by Schedule 3 to the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 34).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Citation and interpretation
  3. 3Commencement
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule REPEALS COMING INTO FORCE ON 18th APRIL 2001
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2001.

2Citation and interpretation

In this Order, “the Act” means the Employment Relations Act 1999.

3Commencement

The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 18th April 2001—

(a)

section 41 and Schedule 8; and

(b)

the repeals specified in column 3 of Schedule 9 to the Act, to the extent specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

Alan Johnson

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competitiveness,

Department of Trade and Industry

26th March 2001

REPEALS COMING INTO FORCE ON 18th APRIL 2001

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
1995 c. 50Disability Discrimination Act 1995Paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 3, and the word “or” immediately before it.
1996 c. 17Employment Tribunals Act 1996Section 4(7).
Section 28(5).
1998 c. 23Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998Section 11.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 18th April 2001 section 41 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Employment Relations Act 1999. Section 41 introduces Schedule 8, which substitutes a new section 193 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (national security) and a new section 10 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, which contains powers to make provision in the employment tribunal procedure regulations to deal with cases concerning national security. Schedule 8 also introduces a new section 10A (power to make provision in the employment tribunal procedure regulations in respect of confidential information) and a new section 10B (restriction of publicity in cases involving national security) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996.

Schedule 8 also makes corresponding changes to section 30 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 in relation to the Employment Appeal Tribunal rules on national security, and repeals paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Minister’s certificate as to national security).