Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (repealed 1.3.1999)
Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (repealed 1.3.1999) (1989 c. 32)
- Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (repealed 1.3.1999) (1989 c. 32)
- Part I The Fair Employment Commission, the Fair Employment Tribunal and the functions of the Commission and the Tribunal
- The Fair Employment Commission for Northern Ireland
- 1 The Fair Employment Commission.
- The Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland
- 2 Constitution of the Tribunal.
- 3 The President and Vice-President.
- 4 Remuneration and allowances.
- 5 Tribunal procedure.
- 6 Complaints involving matters within the jurisdiction of employment tribunal.
- Code of practice
- 7 Code of practice for the promotion of equality of opportunity.
- 8 Contents of the code.
- 9 Approval of code.
- Identification of patterns and trends of employment, etc.
- 10 Survey of employment, etc., patterns.
- Investigation of practices
- 11 Investigation of employment etc., practices.
- Undertakings or directions for promoting equality of opportunity
- 12 Undertaking following investigation under section 11.
- 13 Voluntary undertakings.
- 14 Directions under sections 12 and 13.
- Appeals and legal proceedings in relation to undertakings and directions
- 15 Appeal to Tribunal against directions under section 12 or 13.
- 16 Order of Tribunal to enforce undertaking or directions.
- 17 Failure to comply with order of Tribunal.
- 18 Appeal to Court of Appeal from certain decisions of Tribunal.
- Confidentiality of information
- 19 Confidentiality of information.
- General
- 20 Meaning of “equality of opportunity”.
- 21 Interpretation of Part I.
- Part II New duties of employers in respect of their workforces
- The register
- 22 The register of concerns in which people are employed.
- 23 Employers to apply for registration.
- 24 Rectification of the register.
- Public authorities
- 25 Power to specify public authorities by order.
- 26 Certain public authorities to be treated as employers.
- Monitoring the workforce
- 27 Monitoring returns.
- 28 Regulations as to monitoring.
- 29 Monitoring applicants.
- 30 Confidentiality of monitoring information.
- Review of recruitment, training and promotion practices
- 31 Periodic reviews by employers.
- Enquiries, undertakings and directions
- 32 Enquiries by the Commission.
- 33 Undertakings in connection with monitoring and reviews.
- 34 Directions.
- 35 Application of sections 15 to 18.
- Goals and timetables
- 36 Notices about goals and timetables.
- 37 Power to secure further undertakings or issue further directions.
- Employers in default and connected persons: restrictions on dealing with them or giving them financial assistance
- 38 Employers in default: notice stating they are not qualified.
- 39 Notice stating that connected and other persons are not qualified.
- 40 Appeals against decisions of Tribunal under sections 38 and 39.
- 41 Restriction on execution of works, etc. by unqualified persons.
- 42 Enforcement at instance of Commission and actions for breach of duty.
- 43 Denial of financial assistance to unqualified persons.
- General
- 44 Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships.
- 45 Additional powers of Commission to obtain information.
- 46 Procedure in case of default by Crown bodies.
- 47 Interpretation of Part II.
- 48 Index to Part II.
- Part III Discrimination
- 49 Meaning of “discrimination”.
- 50 Complaints of unlawful discrimination.
- 51 Power of High Court to revise contracts.
- 52 Discriminatory advertisements.
- 53 Provision of training.
- 54 Redundancy.
- 55 Measures to encourage applications etc. from under-represented community.
- Part IV Miscellaneous and General
- 56 Restriction on proceedings for contravention of legislation.
- 57 Regulations and orders.
- 58 Meaning of “affirmative action”.
- 59 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
- 60 Citation, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Conduct of investigations by the Commission
- Preliminary
- Notices
- Procedure
- Information and evidence
- Obstruction and contempt
- Expenses
- SCHEDULE 2 Minor and consequential amendments
- The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c.7 (N.I.))
- The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c.36)
- The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)
- The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c.25)
- The Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 (c.25)
- The Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1042(N.I.15))
- The Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I.1976/1043 (N.I.16))
- SCHEDULE 3 Repeals
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