The Education (Modification of Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991
This Order modifies various statutory provisions relating to employment to take account of the requirement, in funding schemes approved under the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, for Education and Library Boards to delegate the financial management of certain schools to their respective Boards of Governors and the financial management of institutions of further education to their respective governing bodies. During the time that such Boards of Governors and governing bodies have the responsibility for the financial management of their school or institution, they also have powers as to the determination of its staff complement, and the suspension, discipline and dismissal of staff at the school or institution, although they are not themselves the employer of those staff. Article 3 makes general modifications to the statutory provisions set out in the Schedule to the Order by providing that—references to an employer or someone acting as such are treated as including references to the Board of Governors or governing body exercising its employment powers;employment by the employer at the relevant school or institution is treated as employment by the Board of Governors or governing body;references to employees are treated as referring to employees at the relevant school or institution;references to dismissal by an employer are treated as including references to dismissal by the employer on the direction of the Board of Governors or governing body; andreferences to trade unions recognised by an employer are, as far as the Board of Governors or governing body is concerned, treated as references to trade unions recognised either by the employer or Board of Governors or governing body.