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.