Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Sex Discrimination Order 1976 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2008.

The amendments made by regulation 5 apply only in relation to a case where a woman’s expected week of childbirth as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999^f1 (interpretation) begins on or after 5th October 2008.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

In these Regulations “the 1976 Order” means the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976^f3.