Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Trade Union Ballots and Elections (Independent Scrutineer Qualifications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2010.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1995 Order” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

“an individual potentially qualified to be a scrutineer” means an individual who satisfies the requirement specified in either paragraph (a) of Article 3 or paragraph (a) of Article 4;

“the relevant provisions” means the provisions of Articles 15(2)(a), 49(2)(a), 77(2)(a) and 106(2)(a) of the 1995 Order.