Explanatory note

This Order brings into operation on 31st October 1999 all the provisions of the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (“the Order”) which did not come into operation on the expiration of 7 days from the day the Order was made. The provisions of the Order which came into operation on the expiration of 7 days from the day the Order was made are Article 1, Article 2, Article 3 so far as relating to the power to make an order under Article 67F of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, and Article 12 so far as relating to the power to make regulations under Article 62B of that Order.