The Industrial Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Age Discrimination Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Age Discrimination Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2006.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Age Regulations” means the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1);

“an award under the Age Regulations” means an order under regulation 43(1)(b) of the Age Regulations for payment of compensation, but does not include an award in respect of costs or allowances under rules 38 to 40 and 47, or preparation time under rules 42 to 44 and 47 of Schedule 1 to the Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(2), even if that award is made in the same proceedings as such an order;

“tribunal” means an industrial tribunal established in pursuance of regulations made under, or having effect as if made under, Article 3 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(3).

(3) In these Regulations, any reference to a tribunal includes, in relation to an award under the Age Regulations, any tribunal which under Article 85 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(4) has the jurisdiction, and exercises the powers, of the tribunal.

(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(5) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

(1)

S.R. 2006 No. 261

(2)

S.R. 2005 No. 150

(3)

S.I. 1996/1921 (N.I. 18)

(4)

S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21)

(5)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)