# The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Paragraph 5


A failure on the part of any person to observe any provision of a code of practice under Article 9 shall not of itself render him liable to any proceedings, but in any proceedings under this Order before the Tribunal or a court—
(a) any code of practice shall be admissible in evidence; and
(b) if any provision of a code appears to the Tribunal or the court to be relevant to any question arising in the proceedings, it shall be taken into account in determining that question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110798740/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-5
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