(1)This Act may be cited as the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976.
(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4) and without prejudice to section 57(8) or to the application by virtue of Schedule 4, paragraph 7, or Schedule 5, paragraph 8, of any enactment which extends to the whole of the United Kingdom, this Act extends to Northern Ireland only.
(3)The amendments, extension and repeal of enactments which are made by section 58(1), (2)(a) and (3) and Schedule 6 have the same extent as the enactments that are so amended, extended or repealed.
(4)Sections 47 and 52 and so much of section 57 as applies for the interpretation of those sections extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.
(5)This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
(6)An order under subsection (5)—
(a)may appoint different days for different provisions of this Act or for different purposes of the same provision ; and
(b)may be revoked or varied by a subsequent order under that subsection;
and any reference in a provision of this Act to the commencement of this Act shall be construed—
(i)where different days are appointed for different pro visions, as a reference to the day appointed for the coming into operation of that provision; or
(ii)where different days are appointed for different purposes of that provision, as a reference, in relation to each such purpose, to the day appointed for that purpose.