Explanatory note

This Order adds employment in the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and the office of Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission to the employments and offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 for whom the Department of Finance and Personnel may make pension schemes. It is retrospective by virtue of Article 3(7) of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.

This Order also revokes the Superannuation (Equal Opportunities Commission) Order (Northern Ireland) 1980 and the Superannuation (Commission for Racial Equality (Northern Ireland)) Order 1998. It also revokes the Superannuation (Fair Employment Agency, Labour Relations Agency and Equal Opportunities Commission) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977 in so far as that Order relates to the Fair Employment Agency and the Equal Opportunities Commission.