
1 
This Order may be cited as the Time Off for Public Duties Order 2000 and shall come into force on 14th August 2000.
2 
Section 50(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 shall be modified as follows—
(a) the word “or” at the end of paragraph (f) shall be omitted;
(b) the word “or” shall be added at the end of paragraph (g), and
(c) the following paragraph shall be added after paragraph (g)—“
(h) a water and sewerage authority established under section 62(1) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 or a Water Industry Consultative Committee established under section 67A(2) of that Act.”
Alan Johnson,
Parliamentary Under Secretary for Competitiveness
Department of Trade and Industry
1st July 2000