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”).

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 bodies have been added to Part I of the Schedule:

Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse

Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation

The following amendments have been made to Part I of the Schedule:

Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency

has been amended to:

Children’s Court Guardian Agency for Northern Ireland

The following deletions have been made to Part I of the Schedule:

Dalriada Water Ltd

NI Water Clear Ltd

The following deletions have been made to Part II of the Schedule:

The Lord Chancellor

Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation

Article 3 revokes the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023.