
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2005.
(2) In this Order –
 “the 1998 Order” means the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;
 “member of the home service forces” means any member of the armed forces whose service (or service otherwise than for the purposes of training) is restricted to Northern Ireland;
 “Northern Ireland civil servant” means any person appointed to a situation in the Northern Ireland Civil Service;
 “police” has the same meaning as in the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000;
 “reserve force” means a reserve force within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996;
 “reservist” means a member of any reserve force who serves wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland; and
 “United Kingdom civil servant” means any person serving wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland in the civil service of the Crown other than a Northern Ireland civil servant.
2 
For the purposes of Articles 52 to 61 of the 1998 Order: –
(a) the Minister for the Department of Finance and Personnel shall be a public authority and all Northern Ireland civil servants shall be treated as employees of that authority;
(b) the Minister for the Civil Service shall be a public authority and all United Kingdom civil servants shall be treated as employees of that authority;
(c) the Secretary of State for Defence shall be a public authority and all reservists and members of the home service forces shall be treated as employees of that authority; and
(d) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland shall be a public authority and all members of the police shall be treated as employees of that authority.
3 
Each of the persons specified in Part I of the Schedule shall be a public authority for the purposes of Articles 52 to 65 of the 1998 Order.
4 
Each of the persons specified in Part II of the Schedule shall be a public authority for the purposes of Articles 62 to 65 of the 1998 Order.
5 
The following Orders are hereby revoked –
(a) the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000;
(b) the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 30th November 2004.
Gerard Mulligan
A senior officer of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister

SCHEDULE
Articles 3 and 4
PART I

 Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland
 Altnagelvin Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust
 Armagh and Dungannon Health and Social Services Trust
 Arts Council of Northern Ireland
 Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
 Belfast City Hospital Health and Social Services Trust
 Belfast Education and Library Board
 Belfast Harbour Commissioners
 The Board of Governors of Stranmillis University College, Belfast
 Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland
 British Broadcasting Corporation
 Causeway Health and Social Services Trust
 Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
 Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland
 Citybus Limited
 Coleraine Harbour Commissioners
 Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland
 Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland
 Construction Industry Training Board
 Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
 Craigavon Area Hospital Group Health and Social Services Trust
 Craigavon and Banbridge Community Health and Social Services Trust
 Any District Council
 Down Lisburn Health and Social Services Trust
 Eastern Health and Social Services Board
 Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland Limited
 Enterprise Ulster
 Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
 Fire Authority for Northern Ireland
 Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland
 Flexibus Limited
 Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission
 Foyle Health and Social Services Trust
 General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
 General Teaching Council 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 Omagh College of Further Education
 The governing body of the Upper Bann Institute of Further and Higher Education
 Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
 Green Park Health and Social Services Trust
 Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust
 Ilex Urban Regeneration Company Limited
 Invest Northern Ireland
 Labour Relations Agency
 Laganside Corporation
 Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
 Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland
 Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners
 Mater Infirmorum Hospital Health and Social Services Trust
 Mental Health Commission for Northern Ireland
 Newry and Mourne Health and Social Services Trust
 North Eastern Education and Library Board
 North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust
 The North/South Language Body
 Northern Health and Social Services Board
 Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Services Trust
 Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
 Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service Agency
 Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services
 Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints
 Northern Ireland Community Relations Council
 Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
 Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission
 Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority
 Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency
 Northern Ireland Health Promotion Agency
 Northern Ireland Housing Executive
 Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
 Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
 Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee
 Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency
 Northern Ireland Policing Board
 Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery
 Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited
 Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency
 Northern Ireland Social Care Council
 Northern Ireland Tourist Board
 Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company
 Office of Communications
 The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
 Probation Board for Northern Ireland
 Royal Group of Hospitals and Dental Hospital Health and Social Services Trust
 Royal Mail Group plc
 South and East Belfast Health and Social Services Trust
 South Eastern Education and Library Board
 Southern Education and Library Board
 Southern Health and Social Services Board
 The Special EU Programmes Body
 Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Services Trust
 Sports Council for Northern Ireland
 Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards
 Strategic Investment Board Limited
 The Trade and Business Development Body
 Tourism Ireland Limited
 Ulster Community and Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust
 Ulster Supported Employment Limited
 Ulsterbus Limited
 United Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust
 Warrenpoint Harbour Authority
 Waterways Ireland
 Western Education and Library Board
 Western Health and Social Services Board
 Youth Council for Northern Ireland

PART II

 First Secretary of State
 Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs
 Secretary of State for Defence
 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
 Secretary of State for the Home Department
 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
 Secretary of State for Transport
 Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
 Commissioners of Customs and Excise
 Board of Inland Revenue
 The Lord Chancellor
 The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
 The Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
 The Director of Savings (Department for National Savings)
 Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
 Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation
 Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority
 Any Northern Ireland Department
 Any Northern Ireland Minister
 The governing body of an Institution of Further Education within the meaning of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 established on or after 1st January 2005
 Any Health and Social Services trust established on or after 1st January 2005 under Article 10(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.
