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(1) This Order may be cited as the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004.
(2) In this Order, “the 2003 Order” means the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.
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(1) The provisions of the 2003 Order specified in Part I of Schedule 1 shall come into operation on 30th January 2005.
(2) The provision of the 2003 Order specified in Part II of Schedule 1 shall come into operation on 1st February 2005.
(3) The provisions of the 2003 Order specified in Part III of Schedule 1 shall come into operation on 3rd April 2005.
(4) Schedule 6 to the 2003 Order to the extent that it repeals the provisions specified in Part I of Schedule 2 shall come into operation on 30th January 2005.
(5) Schedule 6 to the 2003 Order to the extent that it repeals the provisions specified in Part II of Schedule 2 shall come into operation on 3rd April 2005.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 21st December 2004.
R. B. Gamble
A senior officer of the
Department for Employment and Learning

SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(1)
PART I

Provisions Subject Matter of Provisions
Article 3 Conciliation
Article 4 Power to delegate prescription of forms, etc.
Article 5 Determination without a hearing
Article 6 Practice directions
Article 7(1) and (3) Pre-hearing reviews
Article 8 Costs, expenses and allowances
Article 9 Power to delegate prescription of forms, etc.
Article 10 Determination without a hearing
Article 11 Conciliation
Article 12 Practice directions
Article 14 Costs and allowances
In Schedule 5 –
(a) paragraph 3; and
(b) paragraph 4(3). Consequential amendments
PART II
Article 2(2)

Provision Subject Matter of Provision
Article 33 Deputy Certification Officer
PART III
Article 2(3)

Provisions Subject Matter of Provisions
Article 15(1) Statutory dispute resolution procedures
Article 17(1) to (5) Non-completion of statutory procedure: adjustment of awards by industrial tribunals
Article 18(1) to (5) Non-completion of statutory procedure: adjustment of awards by Fair Employment Tribunal
Article 19(1) to (6) Complaints about grievances: industrial tribunals
Article 20(1) to (5) Complaints about grievances: Fair Employment Tribunal
Article 23 Procedural fairness in unfair dismissal
Article 24 Particulars of procedures relating to discipline or dismissal
Article 25 Removal of exemption for small employers
Article 26 Use of alternative documents to give particulars
Article 27 Failure to give statement of employment particulars, etc.: industrial tribunals
Article 28 Failure to give statement of employment particulars, etc.: Fair Employment Tribunal
Article 29 Unfair dismissal: adjustments under Articles 17 and 27
Schedule 1 Statutory dispute resolution procedures
Schedule 2 Tribunal jurisdictions to which Article 17 applies
Schedule 3 Tribunal jurisdictions to which Article 19 applies
Schedule 4 Tribunal jurisdictions to which Article 27 applies
In Schedule 5 –
(c) Paragraph 2(1), (2), (4) and (6) to (9); and
(d) Paragraph 4(1) and (2). Consequential amendments
SCHEDULE 2
Article 2(4)
PART I

Number Short title Extent of repeal
1996/1921 (N.I. 18) The Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 In Article 21, paragraph (c) and the word “and” immediately before it.
1998/3162 (N.I. 21) The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 Article 84(2) (g), (i) and (j)
PART II
Article 2(5)

Number Short title Extent of repeal
1996/1919 (N.I. 16) The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 Article 35(3) and (4)Article 152(4)Article 162A
1998/1265 (N.I. 8) The Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 Article 14In Schedule 1, paragraphs 8, 10 to 12 and 14
1999/2790 (N.I. 9) The Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 Article 13(6)