Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2001

Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 96(2) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2001 No.

NORTHERN IRELAND EQUALITY

Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2001

Made

2001

Coming into force

2001

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 75(3)(a) and (d) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2.  The departments, corporations and bodies listed in Schedule 1 to this Order (being departments, corporations and bodies listed in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967(2)) are hereby designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

3.  The persons listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

2001

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SCHEDULE 1

Departments, corporations and bodies listed in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 and designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

• Food From Britain

• Home Grown Cereals Authority

• National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

• United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards

• UK Transplant

• United Kingdom Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority

• Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority

• Wine Standards Board of the Vintners' Company

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SCHEDULE 2

Persons designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

• Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland

• The governing body of the Armagh College of Further 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 Northern Ireland Hotel and Catering College

• The governing body of the Omagh College

• The governing body of the Queen’s University of Belfast

• The governing body of the St Mary’s University College, a College of the Queen’s University of Belfast

• The governing body of the Stranmillis University College, a College of the Queen’s University of Belfast

• The governing body of the University of Ulster

• The governing body of the Upper Bann Institute of Further and Higher Education

• Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures

• Legal Aid Department of the Law Society of Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland Film Commission

• United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority

• Wool Marketing Board

• The Open University

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates bodies for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

The effect is to make the bodies listed in the Schedules to the Order “public authorities” for the purposes of that section. Such a public authority is subject to the statutory duties, set out in section 75(1) and (2), to have regard in carrying out its functions relating to Northern Ireland—

• to the need to promote equality of opportunity; and

• to the desirability of promoting good relations between people of different religious belief, political opinion or racial group.

(1)

1998 c. 47.

(2)

1967 c. 13.