Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/3162/part/VII
Timestamp: 2016-10-24 17:20:54
Document Index: 407859195

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 46', 'art. 88', 'art. 69', 'art. 2', 'art. 10', 'art. 69', 'art. 2', 'art. 10']

Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchThe Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998You are here:1998 No. 3162 (N.I. 21)PART VIITable of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPrevious: PartNext: PartPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As made)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole OrderOpen Order without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyChanges to legislation:The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, PART VII is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 24 October 2016. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Order. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):art. 46B inserted by 2016 c. 15 (N.I.) s. 6(2)art. 88ZA-88ZC inserted by 2016 c. 15 (N.I.) s. 5(2)PART VIIN.I.DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS IN RESPECT OF THEIR WORKFORCESRegistrationN.I.The register of concerns in which people are employedN.I.47.—(1) The Commission shall keep, in such form as the Commission may determine, a register of trades, businesses and other activities (whether carried on for profit or not) in which people are employed.
Employers to apply for registrationN.I.48.—(1) Where a concern, other than a registered concern, satisfies the condition for registration at the end of any week, the employer shall apply under this Article for the concern to be registered.
Rectification of the registerN.I.49.—(1) Where a person becomes an employer in relation to a concern that is already a registered concern, he shall, within the period of one month beginning with his becoming such an employer, apply to the Commission for his name and address to be entered in the register and the Commission shall include in the entry in the register the name and address given in the application.
Public authoritiesN.I.Power to specify public authorities by orderN.I.50.—(1) In this Part “public authority” means a person specified in an order made by the Department.
Certain public authorities to be treated as employersN.I.51.—(1) For the purposes of Articles 52 to 61, any reference to an employer includes any person who is a public authority for the purposes of those Articles.
Monitoring the workforceN.I.Monitoring returnsN.I.52.—(1) For the purpose of enabling the composition of—
Regulations as to monitoringN.I.53.—(1) The Department shall, by regulations made after consultation with the Commission, make provision for the purposes of Article 52.
Monitoring applicantsN.I.54.—(1) The Department may, by regulations made after consultation with the Commission, provide that the employer shall, for the purpose of enabling the composition of those applying to fill vacancies for employment in any registered concern in Northern Ireland to be ascertained, seek to obtain such information about them as may be prescribed.
Review of recruitment, training and promotion practicesN.I.Periodic reviews by employersN.I.55.—(1) In the case of each registered concern, the employer shall from time to time review the composition of those employed in and ceasing to be employed in the concern in Northern Ireland and the employment practices of the concern for the purposes of determining whether members of each community are enjoying, and are likely to continue to enjoy, fair participation in employment in the concern.
Enquiries, undertakings and directionsN.I.Enquiries by the CommissionN.I.56.—(1) The Commission may from time to time require the employer to give the Commission such information retained by the employer in compliance with regulations under Article 53(2)(d) or 54(2)(a), as the Commission may specify; but an employer who has been required on any date to give any information under this paragraph shall not be required to do so again before the expiry of the period of 6 months beginning with that date.
Goals and timetablesN.I.Notices about goals and timetablesN.I.60.—(1) The Commission may serve a notice under paragraph (2) on the person who is the employer in relation to a registered concern where—
(2) The notice ( “a notice about goals and timetables”) shall specify the period or periods concerned and, in respect of any specified period, the progress that, in the opinion of the Commission, can reasonably be expected to be made towards fair participation by members of the community concerned—
Power to secure further undertakings or issue further directionsN.I.61.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where, by reason of any undertaking or directions under Article 12, any directions substituted for such directions by the Tribunal or any order made by the Tribunal for the purpose of giving effect to any such undertaking or directions, a notice has been served on any person under Article 60(2).
Article 12 shall again apply in relation to the person concerned as if the Commission had conducted a fresh investigation under Article 11.
Employers in default and connected persons: restrictions on dealing with them or giving them financial assistanceN.I.Employers in default: notice stating they are not qualifiedN.I.62.—(1) For the purposes of this Article, an employer is in default in any of the following circumstances—
(i)the employer's name is not entered in the register; and
Notice stating that connected and other persons are not qualifiedN.I.63.—(1) Where notice has been served on any employer under Article 62(2) and has not been cancelled, the Commission may serve notice on any of the following persons—
(6) If, on the appeal, it appears to the Tribunal that (apart from Article 64(1)) paragraph (2)(a) or (b) is satisfied in the appellant's case, the Commission shall serve notice on him cancelling the notice under paragraph (1).
Restriction on execution of works, etc. by unqualified personsN.I.64.—(1) A public authority shall not enter into any contract to which paragraph (2) or (3) applies.
Enforcement at instance of Commission and actions for breach of dutyN.I.65.—(1) If it appears to the Commission—
Denial of financial assistance to unqualified personsN.I.66.—(1) A Northern Ireland department may refuse to give to any unqualified person any financial assistance to which this Article applies or, where it has given or agreed to give such assistance to any unqualified person, refuse or cease to make any payments to him in pursuance of the assistance.
GeneralN.I.Additional powers of Commission to obtain informationN.I.67.—(1) In connection with its functions under this Part, the Commission may require any person to give the Commission such information as it may specify for the purpose of determining—
Procedure in case of default by Crown bodiesN.I.68.—(1) This Article applies where—
(2) The Commission shall send a report of the circumstances of the failure to comply with the Commission's request or with the undertaking or other breach of duty—
Interpretation of this PartN.I.69.—(1) In this Part—
(a)an individual employed under a contract of service or of apprenticeship; or
(b)an individual employed under a contract personally to execute any work or labour;
(a)where people are employed by a body corporate, references to the name of the employer are to the name of the body and of its secretary and references to the address of the employer are to the address of the body's registered or principal office, or its principal office in Northern Ireland;
(b)where people are employed by the members of a partnership, references to the employer are to the firm and references to the employer's address are to the principal office of the partnership, or its principal office in Northern Ireland, but each member of the partnership may exercise any function, under this Part, of the employer;
(a)bodies corporate are associated if they are members of the same group, and for this purpose any two bodies corporate are to be treated as members of the same group if one of them is a body corporate of which the other is a subsidiary (within the meaning of[F1 section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006]) or if both of them are subsidiaries (within the meaning of [F2that section]) of one and the same body corporate;
(c)a person is connected with an individual if that person is the individual's wife or husband[F3 or civil partner], or is a relative, or the wife or husband[F3 or civil partner] of a relative, of the individual or of the individual's wife or husband[F3 or civil partner], and for this purpose “relative” means brother, sister, ancestor or lineal descendant; and
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