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Fair Employment (Increase of Compensation Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 1994

S.R. 1994/50 · Made 15 February 1994

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FAIR EMPLOYMENT

Made 15th February 1994

Coming into operation 15th March 1994

Whereas it appears to the Department of Economic Development Department (“the Department”)f1 that there has been a change in the value of money since the commencement of section 50(1) of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989f2.

And whereas it appears to be the Department that the sum substituted by Article 4 of this Order for the sum for the time being specified in section 26(4) of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 (“the 1976 Act”)f3 is justified by that change;

Now therefore the Department in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 26(9) of the 1976 Act and of every other power enabling it in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Manpower Services; see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11) Article 3

f2

1989 c. 32

f3

1976 c. 25; section 26 was inserted by section 50 of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Application
  4. 4Increase of compensation limit
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Increase of Compensation Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 and shall come into operation on 15th March 1994.

2Interpretation

The Interpretation Act Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

3Application

Article 4 shall have effect in relation to any compensation awarded to a person under section 26(1)(b) of the 1976 Act after this Order comes into operation.

4Increase of compensation limit

In section 26(4) of the 1976 Act, for the sum of £30,000 there shall be substituted the sum of £35,000.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on

L.S.

W. D. A. Haire

Assistant Secretary

15th February 1994.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order increases from £30,000 to £35,000 the limit on the amount of compensation which can be awarded by the Fair Employment Tribunal under section 26(1)(b) of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 in claims for unlawful discrimination presented to it under section 24 of that Act.

The increase applies in any case where the Tribunal awards such compensation after 15th March 1994, the date when this Order comes into operation.