Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1737
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The Time Off for Public Duties Order 2000
Made
1st July 2000
Laid before Parliament
4th July 2000
Coming into force
14th August 2000
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 50(10)(a) of the Employment Rights Act 1996( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Time Off for Public Duties Order 2000 and shall come into force on 14th August 2000.
Extension of rights to members of Scottish water and sewerage authorities and Water Industry Consultative Committees
2.Section 50(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 shall be modified as follows—
(a) the word “or” at the end of paragraph (f) shall be omitted;
(b) the word “or” shall be added at the end of paragraph (g), and
(c) the following paragraph shall be added after paragraph (g)—
“ (h) a water and sewerage authority established under section 62(1) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ( 2 ) or a Water Industry Consultative Committee established under section 67A(2) of that Act. ”
Alan Johnson,
Parliamentary Under Secretary for Competitiveness
Department of Trade and Industry
1st July 2000
1994 c. 39 ; section 67A of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act was inserted by section 12(1) of the Water Industry Act 1999 (c. 9) .