
2025 No. 140
Employment
The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
Made 13th August 2025
Coming into operation 4th September 2025
The Department for the Economy makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 67F of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and now vested in it.
Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 4th September 2025.
Amendment
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(1) The Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) For the entry relating to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy substitute—“
Secretary of State for Business and Trade Matters relating to–
(a) fraud, and other misconduct, in relation to companies; and
(b) the Secretary of State’s functions in relation to trade sanctions in sanctions regulations made under section 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.”.
(3) In the entry relating to the Secretary of State for Transport, for Column (2) (descriptions of matters) substitute—“Matters relating to–
(a) compliance with the requirements of merchant shipping law, including maritime safety; and
(b) the Secretary of State’s functions in relation to aircraft and shipping sanctions in sanctions regulations made under section 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.”.
(4) At the appropriate place insert—“
The Treasury The Treasury’s functions in relation to–
(a) sanctions regulations made under section 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018;
(b) the financial sanctions legislation listed in section 143(4) (a) to (e) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017; and
(c) Part 8 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for the Economy on 13th August 2025.
Colin Jack
A senior officer of the Department for the Economy
