Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order further amends the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989 (“the 1989 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 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 1989 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 1989 Order.

The following bodies are added:

Part I	— Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.
	— Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
Part II	— Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland.

The following bodies are deleted:

Part I	— Commission for Racial Equality for Northern Ireland.
	— Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland.
	— Fair Employment Commission for Northern Ireland.
Part II	— Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland.

The following amendments have been made to the Schedule:

Part I	— The governing body of the East Tyrone College of Further Education is now the governing body of the East Tyrone College of Further and Higher Education.
	— The governing body of the Fermanagh College of Further Education is now the governing body of the Fermanagh College of Further and Higher Education.
	— The governing body of the Limavady College of Further Education is now the governing body of the Limavady College of Further and Higher Education
	— Ulster Sheltered Employment Limited is now Ulster Supported Employment Limited.