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.