Fair Employment and Treatment (1998 Order) (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Other saving and transitional provisions

5.—(1) Without prejudice to Articles 3 and 4, sections 28 and 29 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply in relation to the repeal of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 and the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (“the Acts”) by the Order as if those Acts were enactments within the meaning of that Act.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1)—

(a) any statutory provision or statutory document made, issued, granted or otherwise done under any provision of the Acts shall, insofar as they are in force immediately before the coming into operation of this Order and are not inconsistent with the Order, have effect as if made, issued or granted under the provision of the Order which corresponds to the provision of the Acts;

(b) any reference in any statutory provision or statutory document to any provision of the Acts shall, insofar as it is not inconsistent therewith, be construed as a reference to the provision of the Order which corresponds to the provision of the Acts; and

(c) any proceedings taken under any provision of the Acts shall, insofar as they are not inconsistent therewith, shall be continued under the provision of the Order which corresponds to the provision of the Acts.