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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-22/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-22/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/22/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A person does not contravene this Act only by doing anything which is permitted for the purposes of—\n(a) section 58(6) or (7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (dismissal of teachers because of failure to give religious education efficiently);\n(b) section 60(4) and (5) of that Act (religious considerations relating to certain appointments);\n(c) section 124A of that Act (preference for certain teachers at independent schools of a religious character).\n(d) section 124AA(5) to (7) of that Act (religious considerations relating to certain teachers at Academies with religious character).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 22 para. 4(d) inserted (1.2.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 62(4)(c); S.I. 2012/84, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 22 para. 4 wholly in force at 1.10.2012; Sch. 22 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 216; Sch. 22 in force for certain purposes at 1.10.2010 by S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2(14)(d) (with art. 15); Sch. 22 in force for remaining purposes at 1.10.2012 by S.I. 2012/1569, art. 3(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/22/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:11.189587+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."
}