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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND


2005 No. 525

FAIR EMPLOYMENT

Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

  Made 29th November 2005 
  Coming into operation 1st January 2006 

Whereas, in accordance with Article 50(3) of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998[1] ("the 1998 Order"), each person who, by virtue of the following Order, becomes a public authority for any of the purposes of Articles 52 to 65 of the 1998 Order is:

    (1) a Minister of the Crown or a Northern Ireland Minister;

    (2) a statutory body or the holder of a statutory office; or

    (3) a person appearing to the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister[2] ("the Department") to exercise functions of a public nature;

     And whereas, in accordance with Article 51(4) of the 1998 Order, it appears to the Department that some or all of the people who are employed by each person, who by virtue of the following Order becomes an employer for the purposes of Articles 52 to 61 of the 1998 Order, who are in the service of the Crown for the purposes of the functions of those persons or who are treated by virtue of the following Order as so employed or as in such service, are employed or serve in Northern Ireland:

     Now, therefore, the Department in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 50(1) and (2) and Article 51(2) of the 1998 Order and now vested in it[3] and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2006.

Amendment of the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004
    
2. For the Schedule to the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004[4] there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on


29th November 2005.

L.S.


Gerard Mulligan
A senior officer of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister


SCHEDULE
Articles 3 and 4



PART I

PUBLIC AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLES 52 TO 65 OF THE 1998 ORDER

Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland

Altnagelvin Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust

Armagh and Dungannon Health and Social Services Trust

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Belfast City Hospital Health and Social Services Trust

Belfast Education and Library Board

Belfast Harbour Commissioners

Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland

British Broadcasting Corporation

Causeway Health and Social Services Trust

Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland

Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland

Citybus Limited

Coleraine Harbour Commissioners

Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland

Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland

Construction Industry Training Board

Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

Craigavon Area Hospital Group Health and Social Services Trust

Craigavon and Banbridge Community Health and Social Services Trust

Any District Council

Down Lisburn Health and Social Services Trust

Eastern Health and Social Services Board

Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland Limited

Enterprise Ulster

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

Fire Authority for Northern Ireland

Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland

Flexibus Limited

The Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland

Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission

Foyle Health and Social Services Trust

General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

The governing body of the Armagh College of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the Castlereagh College of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the Causeway Institute of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the East Antrim Institute of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the East Down Institute of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the East Tyrone College of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the Fermanagh College of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the Limavady College of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the Lisburn Institute of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the Newry and Kilkeel Institute of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the North Down and Ards Institute of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the North East Institute of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the North West Institute of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of the Omagh College of Further Education

The governing body of the Upper Bann Institute of Further and Higher Education

The governing body of Stranmillis University College, Belfast

Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

Green Park Health and Social Services Trust

Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust

Ilex Urban Regeneration Company Limited

Invest Northern Ireland

Labour Relations Agency

Laganside Corporation

Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners

Mater Infirmorum Hospital Health and Social Services Trust

Mental Health Commission for Northern Ireland

The National Heritage Memorial Fund

The National Lotteries Charities Board

The New Opportunities Fund

Newry and Mourne Health and Social Services Trust

North Eastern Education and Library Board

North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust

The North/South Language Body

Northern Health and Social Services Board

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Services Trust

Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service Agency

Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services

Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints

Northern Ireland Community Relations Council

Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission

Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency

Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority

Northern Ireland Health Promotion Agency

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee

Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

Northern Ireland Policing Board

Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited

Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency

Northern Ireland Social Care Council

Northern Ireland Tourist Board

Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

Office of Communications

The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Probation Board for Northern Ireland

Royal Group of Hospitals and Dental Hospital Health and Social Services Trust

Royal Mail Group plc

South and East Belfast Health and Social Services Trust

South Eastern Education and Library Board

Southern Education and Library Board

Southern Health and Social Services Board

The Special EU Programmes Body

Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Services Trust

Sports Council for Northern Ireland

Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards

Strategic Investment Board Limited

The Trade and Business Development Body

Tourism Ireland Limited

Ulster Community and Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust

Ulster Supported Employment Limited

Ulsterbus Limited

United Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust

Warrenpoint Harbour Authority

Waterways Ireland

Western Education and Library Board

Western Health and Social Services Board

Youth Council for Northern Ireland



PART II

PUBLIC AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLES 62 TO 65 OF THE 1998 ORDER

First Secretary of State

Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs

Secretary of State for Defence

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

Secretary of State for Transport

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Commissioners of Customs and Excise

Board of Inland Revenue

The Lord Chancellor

The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland

The Comptroller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office

The Director of Savings (Department for National Savings)

The Meat and Livestock Commission

Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation

Any Northern Ireland Department

Any Northern Ireland Minister

The governing body of an Institution of Further Education within the meaning of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 established on or after 1st January 2006

Any Health and Social Services trust established on or after 1st January 2006 under Article 10(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order amends the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 ("the 2004 Order") which specifies a number of persons or bodies as public authorities for certain purposes under Part VII of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 ("the 1998 Order") and provides for the persons who are to be treated for such purposes as the employees of some of those authorities.

The Schedule to the 2004 Order lists in Part I the bodies who are public authorities for the purposes of Articles 52 to 65 of the 1998 Order and in Part II the bodies who are public authorities for the purposes of Articles 62 to 65 of the 1998 Order.

Article 2 of this Order substitutes a new Schedule to the 2004 Order.

The following bodies are added to the Schedule:

Part I

The Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland

The National Heritage Memorial Fund

Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority

The National Lotteries Charities Board

The New Opportunities Fund

Part II

The Meat and Livestock Commission

The following Amendments have been made to the Schedule:

The governing body of the Armagh College of Further Education is now listed in Part I as the governing body of the Armagh College of Further and Higher Education

The Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority is now listed in Part I rather than Part II.

The Board of Governors of Stranmillis University College, Belfast is now listed in Part I as the governing body of Stranmillis University College, Belfast.


Notes:

[1] S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21)back

[2] S.R. 1999 No. 481; Article 4(a) and Schedule 2, Part Iback

[3] S.R. 1999 No. 481; Article 4(a) and Schedule 2, Part Iback

[4] S.R. 2004 No. 494back



ISBN 0 337 96252 9


 © Crown copyright 2005

Prepared 14 December 2005


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