Citation and interpretation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2001.

2.  In this Order, “the Act” means the Employment Relations Act 1999.

Commencement

3.  The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 18th April 2001—

(a)section 41 and Schedule 8; and

(b)the repeals specified in column 3 of Schedule 9 to the Act, to the extent specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order.

Alan Johnson

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competitiveness,

Department of Trade and Industry

26th March 2001