The Industrial Court (Membership) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
Citation and commencement1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial Court (Membership) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and come into operation on 14th November 2022.
Amendment of the Industrial Court (Membership) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20112.
(1)
(2)
In paragraph (1)—
(a)
after “shall” insert “otherwise”
;
(b)
omit “, subject to the following provisions”.
(3)
Omit paragraphs (2) to (7).
Transitional provision3.
(1)
In this regulation—
“transitional period” means the period beginning on the day these Regulations come into operation and ending on the 31st March 2024;
“existing member” means a person holding office as a member of the Court on the date immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations.
(2)
The amendments in regulation 2 do not apply in respect of any existing member during the transitional period.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for the Economy on 24th October 2022.
These Regulations amend the Industrial Court (Membership) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (the “Membership Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends regulation 3 of the Membership Regulations by removing a number of the current legislative provisions in relation to members of the Industrial Court (the “Court”) holding and vacating office and replacing those provisions with a reliance on each member’s terms of appointment.
Regulation 3 contains a transitional provision for current members of the Court.
The Court is a non-departmental tribunal body whose main function is to adjudicate on applications relating to the statutory recognition or derecognition of trade unions for collective bargaining purposes, where this cannot be agreed voluntarily.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this statutory rule as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.