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This Order may be cited as the Code of Practice (Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Department for Employment and Learning hereby appoints 1st December 2002 as the day on which there shall come into effect the Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers, a draft of which was issued by the Department on 20th September 2000 under Article 95(1) and 95(5) of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.
(2) The Code referred to in paragraph (1) shall not have effect in relation to any proceedings which were before a court, an industrial tribunal or the Industrial Court immediately before 1st December 2002.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 7th November 2002.
R. B. Gamble
A senior officer of the
Department for Employment and Learning
