Article 70 Excepted employments, etc.

(1)

This Order does not apply to or in relation to—

(a)

any employment or occupation as a clergyman or minister of a religious denomination; or

(b)

employment for the purposes of a private household.

(2)

Part VII does not apply to or in relation to any employment or occupation where the essential nature of the job requires it to be done by a person holding, or not holding, a particular religious belief.

(3)

So far as they relate to discrimination on the ground of religious belief, Parts III and V do not apply to or in relation to any employment or occupation where the essential nature of the job requires it to be done by a person holding, or not holding, a particular religious belief.

(4)

So far as they relate to discrimination on the ground of political opinion, Parts III and V do not apply to or in relation to an employment or occupation where the essential nature of the job requires it to be done by a person holding, or not holding, a particular political opinion.

(5)

Paragraphs (2) to (4) do not apply to employment mentioned in Article 71(1).