2016 No. 242
Employment
The Posted Workers (Enforcement of Employment Rights) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Made 10th June 2016
Coming into operation 18th June 2016
The Department for the Economy is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to employment rights and duties and services in the internal market.
Section 1(3) of the Departments Act (NI) 2016 (c.5). Formerly known as the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; see Article 3(1)(c) and Schedule 1 of the Departments (NI) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/283 (N.I. 1) and renamed the Department for Employment and Learning; see the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 15).
Article 2 of, and the Schedule to, the European Communities (Designation) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/738); article 2 of the European Communities (Designation) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/221).
1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), section 3(3).
The Department, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, makes the following Regulations.