{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sexual-orientation-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sexual-orientation-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/497",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sexual-orientation-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Barristers",
  "text": "(1) It is unlawful for a barrister, in relation to taking any person as his pupil, to discriminate against a person –\n(a) in the arrangements which he makes for the purpose of determining whom he will take as his pupil;\n(b) in respect of any terms on which he offers to take any person as his pupil; or\n(c) by refusing, or deliberately omitting, to take a person as his pupil.\n(2) It is unlawful for a barrister, in relation to a person who is his pupil, to discriminate against him –\n(a) in respect of any terms applicable to him as his pupil;\n(b) in the opportunities for training, or gaining experience, which are afforded or denied to him;\n(c) in the benefits which are afforded or denied to him; or\n(d) by terminating the relationship or by subjecting him to any pressure to terminate the relationship, or any other detriment.\n(3) It is unlawful for a barrister to subject to harassment a person who is his pupil or has applied to be his pupil.\n(4) It is unlawful for any person, in relation to the giving, withholding or acceptance of instructions to a barrister, to discriminate against any person by subjecting him to a detriment, or to subject him to harassment.\n(5) In this regulation –\n“pupil” has the meaning commonly associated with its use in the context of a person training as a barrister.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in operation at 2.12.2003, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/497/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:00:16.186398+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}