Citation and commencement

1.    This Order may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2014 and comes into force on 6th April 2014.

Amendment

2.    In the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999(2), after the entry for "local authorities which are responsible for the enforcement of food standards" insert-

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999 ("the 1999 Schedule").

The Employment Rights Act 1996 ("1996 Act") provides protection for workers who suffer a detriment or are dismissed as a result of blowing the whistle by making a qualifying disclosure in accordance with any of sections 43C to 43H of the 1996 Act. (‘Qualifying disclosure' has the meaning given in section 43B of the 1996 Act.) Section 43F of the 1996 Act provides that a qualifying disclosure will be protected if it is made to a prescribed person and relates to matters in respect of which that person is prescribed. The 1999 Schedule lists the prescribed persons and the matters in respect of which they are prescribed for the purposes of section 43F.

This Order amends the 1999 Schedule to make members of the House of Commons prescribed persons in respect of any matter listed in the Schedule.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.