# The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, 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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110798740/article/70 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-70
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