The Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2007 No. 507

FAIR EMPLOYMENT

The Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made

20th December 2007

Coming into operation

1st January 2008

The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister(1) makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 50 and 51 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(2) and now vested in it(3).

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2008.

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) substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Revocations

3.  The following Orders are revoked—

(a) the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005(5),

(b) the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006(6).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 20th December 2007.

Gerard Mulligan

A senior officer of the

Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Articles 3 and 4

“SCHEDULE

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

• Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

• Arts Council of Northern Ireland

• Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

• Belfast Education and Library Board

• Belfast Harbour Commissioners

• Belfast Health and Social Services Trust

• The Big Lottery Fund

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

• British Broadcasting Corporation

• 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

• Any District Council

• Eastern Health and Social Services Board

• Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland Limited

• Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

• Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland

• Flexibus Limited

• The Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland

• Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission

• General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

• General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

• The governing body of Belfast Metropolitan College

• The governing body of North West Regional College

• The governing body of Northern Regional College

• The governing body of South Eastern Regional College

• The governing body of South West College

• The governing body of Southern Regional College

• The governing body of Stranmillis University College, Belfast

• Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

• Ilex Urban Regeneration Company Limited

• Invest Northern Ireland

• Labour Relations Agency

• Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

• Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

• Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners

• Mental Health Commission for Northern Ireland

• Middletown Centre for Autism Limited

• The National Heritage Memorial Fund

• North Eastern Education and Library Board

• The North/South Language Body

• Northern Health and Social Services Board

• Northern Health and Social Services Trust

• 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 Fire and Rescue Service Board

• 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 Screen Commission

• Northern Ireland Social Care Council

• Northern Ireland Tourist Board

• Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

• Northern Ireland Water Limited

• Office of Communications

• The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

• Probation Board for Northern Ireland

• Royal Mail Group plc

• South Eastern Education and Library Board

• South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust

• Southern Education and Library Board

• Southern Health and Social Services Board

• Southern Health and Social Services Trust

• The Special EU Programmes Body

• Sports Council for Northern Ireland

• Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards

• Strategic Investment Board Limited

• Tourism Ireland Limited

• The Trade and Business Development Body

• Ulster Supported Employment Limited

• Ulsterbus Limited

• Warrenpoint Harbour Authority

• Waterways Ireland

• Western Education and Library Board

• Western Health and Social Services Board

• Western Health and Social Services Trust

• Youth Council for Northern Ireland

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

• The Secretary of State

• Any Northern Ireland Department

• Any Northern Ireland Minister

• Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

• 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)

• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

• The Meat and Livestock Commission

• Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation

• Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission”

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

  Belfast Health and Social Services Trust

  The governing body of Belfast Metropolitan College

  The governing body of North West Regional College

  The governing body of Northern Regional College

  The governing body of South Eastern Regional College

  The governing body of South West College

  The governing body of Southern Regional College

  Middletown Centre for Autism Limited

  Northern Health and Social Services Trust

  Northern Ireland Water Limited

  South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust

  Southern Health and Social Services Trust

  Western Health and Social Services Trust

• Part II

  The Secretary of State

  Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

The following bodies have been deleted from the Schedule:

• Part I

  Altnagelvin Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust

  Armagh and Dungannon Health and Social Services Trust

  Belfast City Hospital Health and Social Services Trust

  Causeway Health and Social Services Trust

  Craigavon Area Hospital Group Health and Social Services Trust

  Craigavon and Banbridge Community Health and Social Services Trust

  Down Lisburn Health and Social Services Trust

  Enterprise Ulster

  Foyle Health and Social Services Trust

  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

  Green Park Health and Social Services Trust

  Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust

  Laganside Corporation

  Mater Infirmorum Hospital Health and Social Services Trust

  Newry and Mourne Health and Social Services Trust

  North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust

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

  South and East Belfast Health and Social Services Trust

  Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Services Trust

  Ulster Community and Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust

  United Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust

• Part II

  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

  Board of Inland Revenue

  Commissioners of Customs and Excise

The following amendments have also been made to the Schedule:

• Part I

  The Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission is now listed as the Northern Ireland Screen Commission.

• Part II

  The Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation is now listed as the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation.

  Article 3 revokes the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006.

(1)

S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1); Article 3(1)(a)

(2)

S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I.21)

(3)

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

(4)

S.R. 2004 No. 494; relevant amending Order is S.R. 2006 No. 504

(5)

S.R. 2005 No. 525

(6)

S.R. 2006 No. 504