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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Equal Pay (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 3rd November 1996.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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(1) Section 2A of the Equal Pay Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), for the words from “shall not determine” to the end there is substituted—“may either—
(a) proceed to determine that question; or
(b) unless it is satisfied that there are no reasonable grounds for determining that the work is of equal value as so mentioned, require a member of the panel of independent experts to prepare a report with respect to that question;
and, if it requires the preparation of a report under paragraph (b), it shall not determine that question unless it has received the report.”.
(3) In subsection (2) the words “paragraph (a) of” are omitted, and for the words “that paragraph” there is substituted “that subsection”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on 3rd October 1996.
W. D. A. Haire
Assistant Secretary
