Explanatory note

This Order amends the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (“the 2004 Order”) which specifies a number of persons or bodies as public authorities for certain purposes under Part VII of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”) and provides for the persons who are to be treated for such purposes as the employees of some of those authorities.

The Schedule to the 2004 Order lists in Part I the bodies who are public authorities for the purposes of Articles 52 to 65 of the 1998 Order and in Part II the bodies who are public authorities for the purposes of Articles 62 to 65 of the 1998 Order.

Article 2 of this Order substitutes a new Schedule to the 2004 Order.

The following amendments have been made to the Schedule:

• Part I

  The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute replaces the Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland

  The Big Lottery Fund replaces the National Lotteries Charities Board and the New Opportunities Fund

  The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board replaces the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland

• Part II

  The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission has been added.