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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2001 No. 1294
NORTHERN IRELAND
The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2001
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Made |
4th April 2001 | |
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Coming into force |
5th April 2001 | |
Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 75(3)(a) and (d) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998[
1], hereby makes the following Order:
1.
This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Designation of Public Authorities) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2.
The departments, corporations and bodies listed in Schedule 1 to this Order (being departments, corporations and bodies listed in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967[
2]) are hereby designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
3.
The persons listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
John Reid
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
4th April 2001
SCHEDULE 1Article 2
Departments, corporations and bodies listed in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 and designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Home Grown Cereals Authority
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards
United Kingdom Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority
Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority
Wine Standards Board of the Vintners' Company
SCHEDULE 2Article 3
Persons designated for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Chief Electoral Officer 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 Northern Ireland Hotel and Catering College
The governing body of the Omagh College
The governing body of the Queen's University of Belfast
The governing body of the St Mary's University College, a College of the Queen's University of Belfast
The governing body of the Stranmillis University College, a College of the Queen's University of Belfast
The governing body of the University of Ulster
The governing body of the Upper Bann Institute of Further and Higher Education
Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures
Legal Aid Department of the Law Society of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Film Commission
United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates bodies for the purposes of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
The effect is to make the bodies listed in the Schedules to the Order "public authorities" for the purposes of that section. Such a public authority is subject to the statutory duties, set out in section 75(1) and (2), to have regard in carrying out its functions relating to Northern Ireland -
to the need to promote equality of opportunity; and
to the desirability of promoting good relations between people of different religious belief, political opinion or racial group.
Notes:
[1]
1998 c. 47.back
[2]
1967 c. 13.back
ISBN
0 11 029336 3
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Prepared
20 April 2001
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