Provisions coming into operation on 27th January 2020
2. The following provisions of the Act come into operation on 27th January 2020—
(a)section 1 (Conciliation before and after institution of proceedings);
(b)section 2 (Extension of limitation periods to allow conciliation);
(c)section 3 (Extended power to define “relevant proceedings” for conciliation purposes);
(d)section 5 (Conciliation before and after complaint to Fair Employment Tribunal);
(e)section 6 (Extension of time limit to allow conciliation);
(f)section 9 (Review of early conciliation);
(g)section 11 (Employment judges: industrial tribunals);
(h)section 12 (Employment judges: Fair Employment Tribunal);
(i)section 23 (Prohibition on disclosure of information held by the Labour Relations Agency);
(j)section 25 (Statutory shared parental pay: correction of references);
(k)section 26 (References to tribunal jurisdictions to which Articles 17 and 27 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(1) apply);
(l)section 27 (Repeals), to the extent that it relates to the provisions specified in paragraph (o);
(m)Schedule 1 (Conciliation: minor and consequential amendments);
(n)Schedule 2 (Extension of limitation periods to allow for conciliation);
(o)Schedule 3, only in respect of—
(i)Article 20(2) to (5) of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(2);
(ii)Articles 38(1A), 46(1) and 88 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(3);
(iii)the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003; and
(iv)the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011(4).