Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment and Treatment (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999.

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2.  The following provisions of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, that is to say—

(a)Articles 80, 96 and 98;

(b)Schedule 3 insofar as it amends Article 53A of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976; and

(c)paragraphs 2(b), 3(b) and 4(b) of Schedule 4,

shall come into operation on 16th August 1999.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order brings into operation on 16th August 1999 all the remaining provisions of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (“the Order”). These provisions deal with the effect of certificates signed by the Secretary of State under the Order, the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 and the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

The other provisions of the Order were brought into operation by the Fair Employment and Treatment (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 81 (C. 10)).