The Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Amendment of Regulations N.I.

3.—(1) In regulation 2, after the definition of “the Disability Discrimination Act”, insert –

““the Employment Rights Order” means the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16));”.

(2) After regulation 9 insert –

“Power of Fair Employment Tribunal to exercise functions of industrial tribunal

9A.— (1) This regulation applies where, under Article 85 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21)), the President or Vice-President has directed that a matter that would otherwise fall to be determined by a tribunal shall be heard and determined by the Fair Employment Tribunal.

(2) Any function of the tribunal specified in these regulations and in Schedules 1 to 6 may be carried out by the Fair Employment Tribunal as though it were a tribunal constituted under these Regulations.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in operation at 3.4.2011, see reg. 1