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Article 10 Advice of non-lawyer

(1)

In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) (which provide that, for a compromise agreement to be valid, independent legal advice must have been received from a qualified lawyer), for “independent legal advice from a qualified lawyer” there shall be substituted “ advice from a relevant independent adviser ”.

(2)

The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)

Article 77(4A)(c) of the 1976 NI 15. Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;

(b)

Article 146(4)(c) of the 1995 NI 12. Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

(c)

section 9(3)(a) of the 1995 c. 50. Disability Discrimination Act 1995;

(d)

Article 245(3)(c) of the 1996 NI 16. Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996; and

(e)

Article 68(7)(c) of the 1997 NI 6. Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.