
1 
This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2 
The departments, corporations and bodies listed in Schedule 1 to this Order (being departments, corporations and bodies listed in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967) are hereby designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
3 
The persons listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
John Reid
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
4th April 2001
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2

Departments, corporations and bodies listed in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 and designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
 Food From Britain
 Home Grown Cereals Authority
 National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
 Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
 United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards
 UK Transplant
 United Kingdom Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority
 Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority
 Wine Standards Board of the Vintners' Company

SCHEDULE 2
Article 3

Persons designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
 Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
 The governing body of the Armagh College of Further Education
 The governing body of the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the Castlereagh College of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the Causeway Institute of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the East Antrim Institute of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the East Down Institute of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the East Tyrone College of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the Fermanagh College of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the Limavady College of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the Lisburn Institute of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the Newry and Kilkeel Institute of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the North Down and Ards Institute of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the North-East Institute of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the North-West Institute of Further and Higher Education
 The governing body of the Northern Ireland Hotel and Catering College
 The governing body of the Omagh College
 The governing body of the Queen’s University of Belfast
 The governing body of the St Mary’s University College, a College of the Queen’s University of Belfast
 The governing body of the Stranmillis University College, a College of the Queen’s University of Belfast
 The governing body of the University of Ulster
 The governing body of the Upper Bann Institute of Further and Higher Education
 Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures
 Legal Aid Department of the Law Society of Northern Ireland
 Northern Ireland Film Commission
 United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority
 Wool Marketing Board
 The Open University
