# The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 21: Discrimination by persons with statutory power to select employees for others


It is unlawful for a person who is empowered by virtue of a statutory provision to select or nominate another person for employment by a third person to discriminate against a person, in relation to employment in Northern Ireland,—
(a) by refusing or deliberately omitting to select or nominate him for employment; or
(b) where candidates are selected or nominated in order of preference, by selecting or nominating him lower in order than any other who is selected or nominated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110798740/article/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-21
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