Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

These Regulations may be cited as the Equal Pay Act 1970 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 3rd April 2005.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

These Regulations apply to proceedings instituted on or after 3rd April 2005.

Paragraphs (2), (3) and (6) of regulation 2 also apply to proceedings instituted before 3rd April 2005 if before that date an industrial tribunal in proceedings before it has not required a member of the panel of independent experts (within the meaning of subsection (4) of section 2A of the Equal Pay Act (Northern Ireland)1970^f2 to prepare a report under subsection (1)(b) of that section.