# The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 7: General duty of Commission


It shall be the duty of the Commission—
(a) to promote equality of opportunity in Northern Ireland;
(b) to promote affirmative action;
(c) to work for the elimination of unlawful discrimination; and
(d) to keep under review the working of this Order and, when it is so required by the Department or otherwise thinks it necessary, draw up and submit to the Department proposals for amending this Order,
and for the purposes of discharging that duty the Commission shall have the functions conferred on it by this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110798740/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-7
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