The Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.

Provisions coming into operation on 27th January 2020

2.  The following provisions of the Act come into operation on 27th January 2020—

(a) section 1 (Conciliation before and after institution of proceedings);

(b) section 2 (Extension of limitation periods to allow conciliation);

(c) section 3 (Extended power to define “relevant proceedings” for conciliation purposes);

(d) section 5 (Conciliation before and after complaint to Fair Employment Tribunal);

(e) section 6 (Extension of time limit to allow conciliation);

(f) section 9 (Review of early conciliation);

(g) section 11 (Employment judges: industrial tribunals);

(h) section 12 (Employment judges: Fair Employment Tribunal);

(i) section 23 (Prohibition on disclosure of information held by the Labour Relations Agency);

(j) section 25 (Statutory shared parental pay: correction of references);

(k) section 26 (References to tribunal jurisdictions to which Articles 17 and 27 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(1) apply);

(l) section 27 (Repeals), to the extent that it relates to the provisions specified in paragraph (o);

(m) Schedule 1 (Conciliation: minor and consequential amendments);

(n) Schedule 2 (Extension of limitation periods to allow for conciliation);

(o) Schedule 3, only in respect of—

(i) Article 20(2) to (5) of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(2);

(ii) Articles 38(1A), 46(1) and 88 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(3);

(iii) the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003; and

(iv) the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011(4).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for the Economy on 3rd January 2020.

Colin Jack

A senior officer of the

Department for the Economy