1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2005.
(2) In this Order –
“the 1998 Order” means the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;
“member of the home service forces” means any member of the armed forces whose service (or service otherwise than for the purposes of training) is restricted to Northern Ireland;
“Northern Ireland civil servant” means any person appointed to a situation in the Northern Ireland Civil Service;
“police” has the same meaning as in the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000(1);
“reserve force” means a reserve force within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996(2);
“reservist” means a member of any reserve force who serves wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland; and
“United Kingdom civil servant” means any person serving wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland in the civil service of the Crown other than a Northern Ireland civil servant.