IntroductoryN.I.

Title and commencementN.I.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Industrial Training (Northern Ireland) Order 1984.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the day on which it is made.

InterpretationN.I.

2.—(1) The [1954 c. 33 (N.I.)] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(2) In this Order—

• Definition rep. by 1990 NI 8

• “compulsory school age” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 36 of the [1972 N.I. 12] Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;

• “the Department” means the Department of Economic Development;

• “employee” includes a person engaged under a contract for services, and “employer” shall be construed accordingly;

• “employment” means employment under a contract of service or apprenticeship or a contract for services or otherwise than under a contract, and “employed” shall be construed accordingly;

• “industrial training board” means a board established under section 1 of the [1964 c. 18 N.I.] Industrial Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 or Article 14(1);

• “industrial training order” means an order under Article 14(1)[F1, except a revocation order within the meaning of Article 19];

• “industry” includes commerce but does not include the public sector;

• “the industry”, in relation to an industrial training board, means the activities in relation to which the board exercises its functions;

• “levy proposals” and “levy order” have the meanings respectively assigned to them by paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of Article 23;

• “non-remissible part of the levy” has the meaning given by Article 23(4);

• “organisations” includes associations of organisations;

• “public sector” means—

  (a)

  any government department;

  (b)

  any district council;

  (c)

  any other body established by or under any statutory provision;

• “remission proposals” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 25(1);

• “statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the [1954 c. 33 (N.I.)] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

(3) For the purposes of this Order any body established for the purpose of carrying on under public ownership an industry or part of an industry or undertaking shall be treated as if it were an organisation representative of employers.