Provisions coming into operation on 27th January 20202.

The following provisions of the Act come into operation on 27th January 2020—

(a)

section 1 (Conciliation before and after institution of proceedings);

(b)

section 2 (Extension of limitation periods to allow conciliation);

(c)

section 3 (Extended power to define “relevant proceedings” for conciliation purposes);

(d)

section 5 (Conciliation before and after complaint to Fair Employment Tribunal);

(e)

section 6 (Extension of time limit to allow conciliation);

(f)

section 9 (Review of early conciliation);

(g)

section 11 (Employment judges: industrial tribunals);

(h)

section 12 (Employment judges: Fair Employment Tribunal);

(i)

section 23 (Prohibition on disclosure of information held by the Labour Relations Agency);

(j)

section 25 (Statutory shared parental pay: correction of references);

(k)

section 26 (References to tribunal jurisdictions to which Articles 17 and 27 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 20034 apply);

(l)

section 27 (Repeals), to the extent that it relates to the provisions specified in paragraph (o);

(m)

Schedule 1 (Conciliation: minor and consequential amendments);

(n)

Schedule 2 (Extension of limitation periods to allow for conciliation);

(o)

Schedule 3, only in respect of—

(i)

Article 20(2) to (5) of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 19965;

(ii)

Articles 38(1A), 46(1) and 88 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 19986;

(iii)

the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003; and

(iv)

the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 20117.