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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Sex and Disability Discrimination Cases) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2007.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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In the Industrial Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Sex and Disability Discrimination Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996—
(1) in regulation 1(2), for the definition of “an award under the relevant legislation”, substitute—“
 “an award under the relevant legislation” means—
(a) an award under the 1970 Act of arrears of remuneration or damages; or
(b) an order under Article 65(1)(b) of the 1976 Order or section 17A(2)(b) of the 1995 Act for payment of compensation,but does not include an award in respect of—
(i) costs under rules 38 to 40 and 47 of Schedule 1 to the Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;
(ii) allowances under rules 38 and 40 of that Schedule; or
(iii) preparation time under rules 42 to 44 and 47 of that Schedule,even if that award is made in the same proceedings as an award described in paragraph (a) or an order described in paragraph (b);;”;
(2) in regulations 5(2), 6 and 7(1)(a), after “discrimination” insert “or harassment”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 15th February 2007.
D. S. S. McAuley
A senior officer of the
Department for Employment and Learning
