2013 No. 49
Fair Employment
The Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013
Made 6th March 2013
Coming into operation 31st March 2013

The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 50 and 51 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and now vested in it.
S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1); Article 3(1)(a)
S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I.21)
S.R. 1999 No. 481; Article 4(a) and Schedule 2, Part I

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 31st March 2013.

2 Amendment of the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004
For the Schedule to the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
S.R. 2004 No. 494; relevant amending Orders are S.R. 2012 No.96

3 Revocations
The Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 is hereby revoked.
S.R. 2012 No.96
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 6th of March 2013.
Francis Duffy A senior officer of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE
Articles 3 and 4

PART 1 PUBLIC 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
Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
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
Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland
Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland
Construction Industry Training Board
Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
Any District Council
Equality Commission for 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 Judicial Appointments 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
Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust
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
State Pathologist’s Department
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 II PUBLIC 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 of 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 Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland
The Director of Savings (Department for National Savings)
Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland
Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation”

Article 2

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 body has been deleted from Part I of the Schedule:
The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (which is covered in Part II as it is part of a Northern Ireland Department)
Amendments have been made by moving the following bodies in the Schedule:
Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (from Part II to Part I)
The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland (from Part I to Part II)
Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland (from Part I to Part II)
Article 3 revokes the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.