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| Made | 26th March 2001 |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 45(1) of the Employment Relations Act 1999[1], hereby makes the following Order: -
Citation and interpretation
1. This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2001.
2. In this Order, "the Act" means the Employment Relations Act 1999.
Commencement
3. The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 18th April 2001 -
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(a) section 41 and Schedule 8; and
(b) the repeals specified in column 3 of Schedule 9 to the Act, to the extent specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order.
Alan Johnson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry
26th March 2001
| Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
| 1995 c. 50 | Disability Discrimination Act 1995 | Paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 3, and the word "or" immediately before it. |
| 1996 c. 17 | Employment Tribunals Act 1996 | Section 4(7). |
| Section 28(5). | ||
| 1998 c. 23 | Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 | Section 11. |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 18th April 2001 section 41 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Employment Relations Act 1999. Section 41 introduces Schedule 8, which substitutes a new section 193 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (national security) and a new section 10 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, which contains powers to make provision in the employment tribunal procedure regulations to deal with cases concerning national security. Schedule 8 also introduces a new section 10A (power to make provision in the employment tribunal procedure regulations in respect of confidential information) and a new section 10B (restriction of publicity in cases involving national security) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996.
Schedule 8 also makes corresponding changes to section 30 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 in relation to the Employment Appeal Tribunal rules on national security, and repeals paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Minister's certificate as to national security).
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Employment Relations Act 1999 have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
| Section 1 | 6th June 2000 | 2000/1338 |
| Sections 2 and 3 | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Section 4 | 18th September 2000 | 2000/2242 |
| Sections 5 and 6 | 6th June 2000 | 2000/1338 |
| Sections 7 to 9 | 15th December 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Subsections (1) to (3) of section 13 | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Subsections (4) to (6) of section 13 | 4th September 2000 | 2000/2242 |
| Sections 10 to 12 | 4th September 2000 | 2000/2242 |
| Sections 14 and 15 | 4th September 2000 | 2000/2242 |
| Section 16 | 24th April 2000 | 2000/875 |
| Subsections (1) to (5) of section 18 | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Section 18(6) | 30th September 1999 | 1999/2509 |
| Sections 19 to 23 | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Section 24 | 22nd February 2000 | 2000/420 |
| Section 25 | 6th June 2000 | 2000/1338 |
| Sections 26 to 33 | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Section 34(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) | 17th December 1999 | 1999/3374 |
| Section 34(4) | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Sections 35 and 36(1) (partially) | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Section 36 (to the extent that it was not brought into force on 25th October 1999) | 17th December 1999 | 1999/3374 |
| Section 37 | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Section 38 | 9th September 1999 | 1999/2509 |
| Sections 39 and 40 | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Section 42 | 9th September 1999 | 1999/2509 |
| Sections 43 and 44 (partially) | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Section 44 (partially) | 17th December 1999 | 1999/3374 |
| Schedule 1 | 6th June 2000 | 2000/1338 |
| Schedule 2 | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Schedule 3 | 18th September 2000 | 2000/2242 |
| Schedule 4 | 15th December 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Schedule 5 | 24th April 2000 | 2000/875 |
| Schedules 6, 7 (partially) and 9 (partially) | 25th October 1999 | 1999/2830 |
| Schedule 9 (partially) | 17th December 1999 | 1999/3374 |
Notes:
[1] 1999 c. 26; the repeal of paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 is effected by Schedule 3 to the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 34).back
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