Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

This Order may be cited as the Race Relations (Interest on Awards) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 4th August 1997.

In this Order—

• “an award under the Order” means an order under Article 53(1)(b) of the Order for payment of compensation, but does not include an award in respect of costs or allowances under rule 12 in Schedule 1 to the Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f1, even if that award is made in the same proceedings as such an order;

• “the Order” means the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; and

• “tribunal” means an industrial tribunal established in pursuance of regulations made under, or having effect as if made under Article 3 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

In this Order, any reference to a tribunal includes, in relation to an award under the Order, any tribunal which under section 6 of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989^f2 has the jurisdiction, and exercises the powers, of the tribunal.