SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Minor and consequential amendments

The Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 (c.25)

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1

Section 54 of that Act is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

for the words from “section 12” to “opportunity” there is substituted “ section 11 of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989, the Commission is of the opinion that action for promoting equality of opportunity ought to be taken ”, and

b

for “section 13(2) to (8) and sections 14 and 15” there is substituted “ sections 12(3), 14, 15 and 16 of that Act ”.

3

In subsection (2) for “section 13(1)(b)” there is substituted “ section 12(2)(b) of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 ”.

4

In subsection (4) for the words from the beginning to “Assembly” there is substituted “ If a report is required by subsections (2) and (3) to be sent to the head of a Northern Ireland department and laid before the Northern Ireland Assembly at a time when no such head stands appointed, the report ”.