1Renaming of Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment

1

The Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment shall be renamed the Department for Employment and Learning.

2

Accordingly, in any statutory provision or other document passed, made or issued before the coming into operation of this Act—

a

for any reference to, or which is to be construed as a reference to, the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment there shall be substituted a reference to the Department for Employment and Learning; and

b

for any reference to, or which is to be construed as a reference to, the Minister of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister for Employment and Learning.

3

This Act may be cited as the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.