The Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2023 No. 197

Fair Employment

The Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023

Made

29th November 2023

Coming into operation

1st January 2024

The Executive Office (1) makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 50 and 51 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(2) and now vested in it(3).

Citation and commencement N.I.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2024.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in operation at 1.1.2024, see art. 1

Amendment of the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 N.I.

2.  For the Schedule to the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004(4) substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 2 in operation at 1.1.2024, see art. 1

Revocation N.I.

3.  The Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016(5) is revoked.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 3 in operation at 1.1.2024, see art. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Executive Office on 29th of November 2023.

(L.S.)

Siobhan Broderick

A senior officer of the Executive Office

Article 2

SCHEDULE N.I.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. in operation at 1.1.2024, see art. 1

Articles 3 and 4

“SCHEDULE N.I.

PART 1 N.I. PUBLIC AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLES 52 TO 65 OF THE 1998 ORDER

• Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

• Arts Council of Northern Ireland

• Belfast Harbour Commissioners

• Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

• The Big Lottery Fund

• Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland

• British Broadcasting Corporation

• Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

• Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland

• Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland

• Citybus Limited

• Coleraine Harbour Commissioners

• Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland

• Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland

• Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

• Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland

• Construction Industry Training Board

• Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

• Dalriada Water Limited

• Any District Council

• The Education Authority

• Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

• Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission

• General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

• General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

• The Governing Body of Belfast Metropolitan College

• The Governing Body of North West Regional College

• The Governing Body of Northern Regional College

• The Governing Body of South Eastern Regional College

• The Governing Body of South West College

• The Governing Body of Southern Regional College

• The Governing Body of Stranmillis University College, Belfast

• Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

• Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

• Information Commissioner’s Office

• Invest Northern Ireland

• Labour Relations Agency

• Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

• Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

• Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners

• Middletown Centre for Autism Limited

• The National Heritage Memorial Fund

• NI Water Clear Limited

• The North/South Language Body

• Northern Health and Social Care Trust

• Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust

• Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

• Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (Special Agency)

• Northern Ireland Community Relations Council

• Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

• Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board

• Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

• Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency

• Northern Ireland Housing Executive

• Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

• Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission

• Northern Ireland Library Authority

• Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee

• Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

• Northern Ireland Museums Council

• Northern Ireland Policing Board

• Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

• Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman

• Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited

• Northern Ireland Screen Commission

• Northern Ireland Social Care Council

• Northern Ireland Tourist Board

• Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

• Northern Ireland Water Alpha Limited

• Northern Ireland Water Limited

• Office of Communications

• Patient and Client Council

• The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

• Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust

• Probation Board for Northern Ireland

• Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being

• Regional Business Services Organisation

• Royal Mail Group Limited

• South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

• Southern Health and Social Care Trust

• The Special EU Programmes Body

• Sports Council for Northern Ireland

• State Pathologist’s Department

• Strategic Investment Board Limited

• Tourism Ireland Limited

• The Trade and Business Development Body

• Ulster Supported Employment Limited

• Ulsterbus Limited

• Victims and Survivors Service Limited

• Warrenpoint Harbour Authority

• Waterways Ireland

• Western Health and Social Care Trust

• Youth Council for Northern Ireland

PART II N.I. PUBLIC AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLES 62 TO 65 OF THE 1998 ORDER

• The Secretary of State

• Any Northern Ireland Department

• Any Northern Ireland Minister

• Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

• The Lord Chancellor

• The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland

• The Controller of His Majesty’s Stationery Office

• The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland

• Director of Savings

• Food Standards Agency

• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (“the 2004 Order”) which specifies a number of persons or bodies as public authorities for certain purposes under Part VII of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”).

The Schedule to the 2004 Order lists in Part I the bodies who are public authorities for the purposes of Articles 52 to 65 of the 1998 Order and in Part II the bodies who are public authorities for the purposes of Articles 62 to 65 of the 1998 Order.

Article 2 of this Order substitutes a new Schedule to the 2004 Order.

The following bodies have been added to Part I of the Schedule:

Dalriada Water Limited

Information Commissioner’s Office

NI Water Clear Limited

Northern Ireland Water Alpha Limited

The following amendments have been made to Part I of the Schedule:

Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland

has been amended to:

Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

CITB NI

has been amended to:

Construction Industry Training Board

Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service Agency

has been amended to:

Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (Special Agency)

Royal Mail Group PLC

has been amended to:

Royal Mail Group Limited

The governing body of Belfast Metropolitan College

has been amended to:

The Governing Body of Belfast Metropolitan College

The governing body of North West Regional College

has been amended to:

The Governing Body of North West Regional College

The governing body of Northern Regional College

has been amended to:

The Governing Body of Northern Regional College

The governing body of South Eastern Regional College

has been amended to:

The Governing Body of South Eastern Regional College

The governing body of South West College

has been amended to:

The Governing Body of South West College

The governing body of Southern Regional College

has been amended to:

The Governing Body of Southern Regional College

The governing body of Stranmillis University College, Belfast

has been amended to:

The Governing Body of Stranmillis University College, Belfast

The following amendments have been made to Part II of the Schedule:

Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

has been amended to:

Controller of His Majesty’s Stationery Office

Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

has been amended to:

Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

Department for National Savings

has been amended to:

Director of Savings

Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland

has been amended to:

Food Standards Agency

The following deletion has been made to Part I of the Schedule:

Regional Health and Social Care Board

Article 3 revokes the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016.

(1)

Formerly the Office of the First minister and deputy First Minister; see section 1(1) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c.5 (N.I.).

(2)

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

(3)

S.R. 1999 No. 481; Article 4(a) and Schedule 2, Part I

(4)

S.R. 2004 No. 494; to which the most recent amending Order is SR 2016 No. 269

(5)

S.R. 2016 No.269