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The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
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244.—(1) Where in the opinion of the Secretary of State the disclosure of any information would be contrary to the interests of national security or would endanger public safety or public order—
(a)nothing in any of the provisions to which this Article applies requires any person to disclose the information, and
(b)no person shall disclose the information in any proceedings in any court or tribunal relating to any of those provisions.
(2) This Article applies to—
(a)Part III, so far as it relates to employment particulars,
(b)in Part VI,[F1 Articles[F2 67M] 68, 68A[F3, 70 and 70C]] and Articles 71 and 72 so far as relating to those Articles,
(c)in Part VII, Articles[F3 83 to 85B] and 89 to 91,
(d)in Part VIII, Articles 98 to 100, and Articles 101 and 102 so far as relating to those Articles,
(e)Part IX,
(f)in Part X, Articles 124 and 125 where they apply by virtue of Article 124(4),
(g)Part XI so far as relating to a dismissal which is treated as unfair—
[F3(i)by Article[F2 130B] 131, 132, 132A(d) or 134, or by Article 135 in its application in relation to time of under Article 85A,]
(ii)by paragraph (1) of Article 137 by reason of the application of paragraph[F2 (2A)], (3) or (5) of that Article,[F1 or by reason of the application of paragraph (3A) of that Article in so far as it applies where the reason (or, if more than one, the principal reason) for which an employee was selected for dismissal was that specified in Article 132A(d)] and
(h)Part I, this Part and Part XVI (so far as relating to any of the provisions in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g)).
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