1.  This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2002 and shall come into operation on the day after the day on which it is made.

2.  The bodies listed in Schedule 1 to this Order (being bodies listed in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967(1)) are hereby designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

3.  The persons listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

2002