Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2010.

Amendment of the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

2.  For the Schedule to the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004(4) substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Revocations

3.  The following Orders are revoked—

(a)the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007(5),

(b)the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008(6).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 9th December 2009.

Gerard Mulligan

A senior officer of the

Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Articles 3 and 4

“SCHEDULE

PART IPUBLIC AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLES 52 TO 65 OF THE 1998 ORDER

• Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

• Arts Council of Northern Ireland

• Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

• Belfast Education and Library Board

• Belfast Harbour Commissioners

• Belfast Health and Social Care trust

• The Big Lottery Fund

• Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland

• British Broadcasting Corporation

• Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland

• Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland

• Citybus Limited

• Coleraine Harbour Commissioners

• Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland

• Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland

• Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland

• Construction Industry Training Board

• Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

• Any District Council

• Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland Limited

• Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

• The Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland

• Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission

• General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

• General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

• The governing body of Belfast Metropolitan College

• The governing body of North West Regional College

• The governing body of Northern Regional College

• The governing body of South Eastern Regional College

• The governing body of South West College

• The governing body of Southern Regional College

• The governing body of Stranmillis University College, Belfast

• Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

• Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

• Ilex Urban Regeneration Company Limited

• Invest Northern Ireland

• Labour Relations Agency

• Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

• Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

• Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners

• Middletown Centre for Autism Limited

• The National Heritage Memorial Fund

• North Eastern Education and Library Board

• The North/South Language Body

• Northern Health and Social Care trust

• Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care trust

• Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

• Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service Agency

• Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints

• Northern Ireland Community Relations Council

• Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

• Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board

• Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

• Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency

• Northern Ireland Housing Executive

• Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

• Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

• Northern Ireland Library Authority

• Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee

• Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

• Northern Ireland Policing Board

• Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

• Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited

• Northern Ireland Screen Commission

• Northern Ireland Social Care Council

• Northern Ireland Tourist Board

• Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

• Northern Ireland Water Limited

• Office of Communications

• Patient and Client Council

• The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

• Probation Board for Northern Ireland

• Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being

• Regional Business Services Organisation

• Regional Health and Social Care Board

• Royal Mail Group plc

• South Eastern Education and Library Board

• South Eastern Health and Social Care trust

• Southern Education and Library Board

• Southern Health and Social Care trust

• The Special EU Programmes Body

• Sports Council for Northern Ireland

• Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards

• Strategic Investment Board Limited

• Tourism Ireland Limited

• The Trade and Business Development Body

• Ulster Supported Employment Limited

• Ulsterbus Limited

• Warrenpoint Harbour Authority

• Waterways Ireland

• Western Education and Library Board

• Western Health and Social Care trust

• Youth Council for Northern Ireland

PART IIPUBLIC AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLES 62 TO 65 OF THE 1998 ORDER

• The Secretary of State

• Any Northern Ireland Department

• Any Northern Ireland Minister

• Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

• The Lord Chancellor

• The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland

• The Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

• The Director of Savings (Department for National Savings)

• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation

• Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (“the 2004 Order”) which specifies a number of persons or bodies as public authorities for certain purposes under Part VII of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”).

The Schedule to the 2004 Order lists in Part I the bodies who are public authorities for the purposes of Articles 52 to 65 of the 1998 Order and in Part II the bodies who are public authorities for the purposes of Articles 62 to 65 of the 1998 Order.

Article 2 of this Order substitutes a new Schedule to the 2004 Order.

The following bodies are added to Part I of the Schedule:

Northern Ireland Library Authority

Patient and Client Council

Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being

Regional Business Services Organisation

Regional Health and Social Care Board

The following bodies have been deleted from Part I of the Schedule:

Eastern Health and Social Services Board

Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland

Flexibus Limited

Mental Health Commission for Northern Ireland

Northern Health and Social Services Board

Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services

Northern Ireland Health Promotion Agency

Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency

Southern Health and Social Services Board

Western Health and Social Services Board

The following amendments have also been made to Part I of the Schedule:

The Belfast Health and Social Services Trust is now listed as the Belfast Health and Social Care trust.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Services Trust is now listed as the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care trust.

The Northern Health and Social Services Trust is now listed as the Northern Health and Social Care trust.

The Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority is now listed as the Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority.

The South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust is now listed as the South Eastern Health and Social Care trust.

The Southern Health and Social Services Trust is now listed as the Southern Health and Social Care trust.

The Western Health and Social Services Trust is now listed as the Western Health and Social Care trust.

Article 3 revokes the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008.