Section 56 Orders and reports.

Northern Ireland

(1)

Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order under section 39(1) or section 59(5) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

F1(2)

The power of the Department to make F2regulations under section 28 or an order under section F3. . .F426(6A) or 49(3) shall be exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the M1Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.

(3)

For the purpose of laying before the Northern Ireland Assembly—

(a)

a draft of an order under section 49(3); or

(b)

a report under section 54(2); or

(c)

the F5Commission’s annual report,

section 41(3) of the M2Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (laying of statutory documents) shall have effect as if the draft order and the reports were statutory documents within the meaning of that Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 56(2) substituted by S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12), Sch. 4 para. 18
F2: Words substituted by Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 32, SIF 43:1), s. 59(1), Sch. 2 para. 20(a)
F3: Words in s. 56(2) repealed (16.5.1995) by S.I. 1995/758 (N.I. 4), art. 3(2)(c)
F4: Words in s. 56(2) inserted (16.5.1995) by S.I. 1995/758 (N.I. 4), art. 4(3)
F5: Words substituted by Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 32, SIF 43:1), s. 59(1), Sch. 2 para. 20(b)

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)
M2: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (1.3.1999) by S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21), art. 105(4), Sch. 5 (with Sch. 4) (subject to savings in art. 105(2), Sch. 4 para. 6(1)(b)); S.R. 1999/81, art. 3(1)