http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2003/2902/article/33The Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2020-03-09Expert Participation2020-01-27 The Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 PART V33In Article 69 of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (NI 5) (Certification Officer) for paragraph (8) substitute—8The Certification Officer—amay appoint one or more assistant certification officers; andbmay delegate to an assistant certification officer such functions as he thinks appropriate;and references to the Certification Officer in any statutory provision relating to his functions shall be construed accordingly. .