Supplementary Provisions Corresponding Provision for Northern Ireland
384.Section 58 - During suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Orders in Council may be used to make provisions equivalent to the provisions in primary legislation applicable in Great Britain.  Such Orders in Council are normally subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. Section 58 provides for an Order in Council whose purposes correspond to those of this Act to be subject instead to the negative resolution procedure. This will make it easier for changes to Northern Ireland legislation to be timed to coincide with the changes to GB legislation. Section 58 does not extend to sections 43 to 46 of the Act which make provision for changes to the national minimum wage enforcement regime, since the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 itself applies to Northern Ireland and so these amendments apply as a result of section 59(6) of the Act. Public consultation has taken place in Northern Ireland on the review of the Employment Relations NI Order 1999, which mirrored the Employment Relations Act 1999.