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Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (repealed 1.3.1999)

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As published

25 Power to specify public authorities by order.

(1) In this Part of this Act “public authority” means a person specified in an order made by the Department. (2) The order may provide for a person to be a public authority for all or any of the purposes of this Part of this Act. (3) The Department shall not exercise the power conferred by this section so that a person becomes a public authority for any of the purposes of this Part of this Act unless the person is— (a) a Minister of the Crown or the head of a Northern Ireland department, (b) a body created by a statutory provision within the meaning of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 or the holder of any office so created, or (c) a person appearing to the Department to exercise functions of a public nature.

Your change, as a redline

25 Power to specify public authorities by order.

(1) In this Part of this Act “public authority” means a person specified in an order made by the Department. (2) The order may provide for a person to be a public authority for all or any of the purposes of this Part of this Act. (3) The Department shall not exercise the power conferred by this section so that a person becomes a public authority for any of the purposes of this Part of this Act unless the person is— (a) a Minister of the Crown or the head of a Northern Ireland department, (b) a body created by a statutory provision within the meaning of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 or the holder of any office so created, or (c) a person appearing to the Department to exercise functions of a public nature.

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