Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Made
25th March 2002
Coming into operation
28th April 2002
Whereas:
(1) under Article 84A(1) of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992(1) (“the 1992 Order”) the Labour Relations Agency (“the Agency”) may prepare a scheme providing for arbitration in the case of disputes involving proceedings, or claims which could be the subject of proceedings, before an industrial tribunal arising out of a contravention of Part XI of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(2) (unfair dismissal);
(2) in pursuance of Article 84A(1) of the 1992 Order, the Agency has prepared an arbitration scheme for unfair dismissal cases;
(3) in pursuance of Article 84A(2) of the 1992 Order, the Agency has submitted a draft scheme to the Department for Employment and Learning(3) which has approved the scheme;
Now, therefore, the Department for Employment and Learning(c), in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 84A(2), (6), (7) and (8) of the 1992 Order and now vested in it(4), and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5). Article 84A was inserted by Article 8 of the Employment Rights(Dispute Resolution)(Northern Ireland) Order 1998 S.I.1998 No.1265 (N.I. 8)
Formerly known as the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; renamed the Department for Employment and Learning by the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (C. 15)
The Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions ) Order (Northern Ireland)1999 (S.R.1999 No. 481) transferred functions under the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 to the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, now renamed the Department for Employment and Learning