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The Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Introductory

    1. 1.Title and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. Adoption leave and paternity leave

    1. 3.Adoption leave

    2. 4.Paternity leave

  4. Statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay

    1. 5.Statutory paternity pay

    2. 6.Statutory adoption pay

    3. 7.Financial arrangements

    4. 8.Funding of employers' liabilities

    5. 9.Regulations about payment

    6. 10.Decisions and appeals

    7. 11.Power to require information

    8. 12.Penalties: failures to comply

    9. 13.Penalties: fraud, etc.

  5. Maternity leave

    1. 14.Rights during and after maternity leave

  6. Flexible working

    1. 15.Flexible working

  7. Supplementary

    1. 16.Regulations

    2. 17.Amendments and revocations

  8. Signature

  9. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE I

      PENALTIES: PROCEDURE AND APPEALS

      1. Determination of penalties by officer of Board

        1. 1.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and except where proceedings have...

      2. Provisions supplementary to paragraph 1

        1. 2.(1) A penalty determined under paragraph l shall be due...

      3. Appeals against penalty determinations

        1. 3.(1) An appeal may be brought against the determination of...

      4. Penalty proceedings before Commissioners

        1. 4.(1) An officer of the Board authorised by the Board...

      5. Penalty proceedings before court

        1. 5.(1) Where in the opinion of the Board the liability...

      6. Mitigation of penalties

        1. 6.The Board may in their discretion mitigate any penalty under...

      7. Time limits for penalties

        1. 7.A penalty under Article 12 or 13 may be determined...

      8. Interest on penalties

        1. 8.(1) After paragraph (q) of section 178(2) of the Finance...

      9. Interpretation

        1. 9.In this Schedule “General Commissioners” and “Special Commissioners” have the...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      AMENDMENTS

      1. The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)

        1. 1.(1) In section 4 (payments treated as remuneration and earnings),...

      2. The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)

        1. 2.(1) In section 5 after subsection (4) insert—

      3. The Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (N.I. 5)

        1. 3.In Article 84A(1) (claims and proceedings to which Agency arbitration...

      4. The Employment Rights (Northem Ireland) Order 1996 (N.I. 16)

        1. 4.(1) In Article 2(3) (definitions) insert at the appropriate place—...

      5. The Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (N.I. 18)

        1. 5.In Article 20(1) (claims and proceedings to which provisions as...

      6. The Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (N.I. 9 )

        1. 6.In Article 24(1) (power to confer rights on individuals) at...

      7. The Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)

        1. 7.In Article 23(1) and (2) after “the Department” insert “or...

  10. Explanatory Note

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