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

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.