Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2005.

(2) In this Order –

“the 1998 Order” means the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;

“member of the home service forces” means any member of the armed forces whose service (or service otherwise than for the purposes of training) is restricted to Northern Ireland;

“Northern Ireland civil servant” means any person appointed to a situation in the Northern Ireland Civil Service;

“police” has the same meaning as in the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000(1);

“reserve force” means a reserve force within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996(2);

“reservist” means a member of any reserve force who serves wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland; and

“United Kingdom civil servant” means any person serving wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland in the civil service of the Crown other than a Northern Ireland civil servant.

(1)

2000 c. 32

(2)

1996 c. 14