The Time Off for Public Duties Order 1990

Made11th September 1990

Laid before Parliament24th September 1990

Coming into force15th October 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 29(5)(a) and 154 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 19781, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Time Off for Public Duties Order 1990 and shall come into force on 15th October 1990.

Addition of boards of visitors and visiting committees2

Section 29(1) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 shall be modified by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c) —

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a member of, in England and Wales, a board of visitors appointed under section 6(2) of the Prison Act 19522 or, in Scotland, a visiting committee appointed under section 19(3) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 19893 or constituted by virtue of rules made under section 39, as read with section 8(1), of that Act;

Signed by order of the Secretary of State.

Eric ForthParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Employment11th September 1990

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 29 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 requires an employer to allow time off during working hours, subject to the provisions of the section, to an employee of his who is a justice of the peace, member of a local authority or member of certain other bodies specified in subsection of the section.

This Order modifies section 29(1) by adding boards of visitors for prisons, remand centres and young offender institutions, in England and Wales, and visiting committees for prisons, remand centres and young offenders institutions, in Scotland, to the list of bodies whose members are covered by the section.