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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order appoints 3rd August 1998 as the date upon which the Code of Practice for Removing Sex Bias from Recruitment and Selection, issued by the Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland under Article 56A of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 shall come into effect.

Under Article 56A(9) of that Order the Code can be admitted in evidence in any proceedings before an industrial tribunal or a county court and if any provision of it appears to the tribunal or court to be relevant to any question arising in the proceedings it shall be taken into account in determining the question.