Northern Ireland Act Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 1999

Interpretation

2.  In these Rules–

“the 1998 Act” means the Northern Ireland Act 1998;

“certificate” means a certificate referred to in section 90 of the 1998 Act, Article 80 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(1), Article 53ZA of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(2) or Article 41A of the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(3);

“special advocate” means a person appointed under section 91(7) of the 1998 Act to represent the interests of a party to proceedings before the Tribunal;

“the Tribunal” means the tribunal established under section 91 of the 1998 Act.

(1)

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

(2)

S.I. 1976/1042 (N.I. 15), to which the relevant amendment is in Article 96 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998.

(3)

S.I. 1997/869 (N.I. 6), to which the relevant amendment is in Article 98 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998.