(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (“the 2004 Order”) which specifies a number of persons or bodies as public authorities for certain purposes under Part VII of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”) and provides for the persons who are to be treated for such purposes as the employees of some of those authorities.
The Schedule to the 2004 Order lists in Part I the bodies who are public authorities for the purposes of Articles 52 to 65 of the 1998 Order and in Part II the bodies who are public authorities for the purposes of Articles 62 to 65 of the 1998 Order.
Article 2 of this Order substitutes a new Schedule to the 2004 Order.
The following bodies are added to the Schedule:
Part I
Belfast Health and Social Services Trust
The governing body of Belfast Metropolitan College
The governing body of North West Regional College
The governing body of Northern Regional College
The governing body of South Eastern Regional College
The governing body of South West College
The governing body of Southern Regional College
Middletown Centre for Autism Limited
Northern Health and Social Services Trust
Northern Ireland Water Limited
South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust
Southern Health and Social Services Trust
Western Health and Social Services Trust
Part II
The Secretary of State
Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
The following bodies have been deleted from the Schedule:
Part I
Altnagelvin Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust
Armagh and Dungannon Health and Social Services Trust
Belfast City Hospital Health and Social Services Trust
Causeway Health and Social Services Trust
Craigavon Area Hospital Group Health and Social Services Trust
Craigavon and Banbridge Community Health and Social Services Trust
Down Lisburn Health and Social Services Trust
Enterprise Ulster
Foyle Health and Social Services Trust
The governing body of the Armagh College of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the Castlereagh College of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the Causeway Institute of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the East Antrim Institute of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the East Down Institute of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the East Tyrone College of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the Fermanagh College of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the Limavady College of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the Lisburn Institute of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the Newry and Kilkeel Institute of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the North Down and Ards Institute of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the North East Institute of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the North West Institute of Further and Higher Education
The governing body of the Omagh College of Further Education
The governing body of the Upper Bann Institute of Further and Higher Education
Green Park Health and Social Services Trust
Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust
Laganside Corporation
Mater Infirmorum Hospital Health and Social Services Trust
Newry and Mourne Health and Social Services Trust
North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust
Royal Group of Hospitals and Dental Hospital Health and Social Services Trust
South and East Belfast Health and Social Services Trust
Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Services Trust
Ulster Community and Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust
United Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust
Part II
First Secretary of State
Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs
Secretary of State for Defence
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Secretary of State for Transport
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Board of Inland Revenue
Commissioners of Customs and Excise
The following amendments have also been made to the Schedule:
Part I
The Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission is now listed as the Northern Ireland Screen Commission.
Part II
The Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation is now listed as the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation.
Article 3 revokes the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006.