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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-9/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person (A) does not contravene a provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) by applying in relation to employment a requirement to which sub-paragraph (4) applies if A shows that—\n(a) the employment is for the purposes of an organised religion,\n(b) the application of the requirement engages the compliance or non-conflict principle, and\n(c) the person to whom A applies the requirement does not meet it (or A has reasonable grounds for not being satisfied that the person meets it).\n(2) The provisions are—\n(a) section 39(1)(a) or (c) or (2)(b) or (c);\n(b) section 49(3)(a) or (c) or (6)(b) or (c);\n(c) section 50(3)(a) or (c) or (6)(b) or (c);\n(d) section 51(1);\n(e) section 60A(1).\n(3) A person does not contravene section 53(1) or (2)(a) or (b) by applying in relation to a relevant qualification (within the meaning of that section) a requirement to which sub-paragraph (4) applies if the person shows that—\n(a) the qualification is for the purposes of employment mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), and\n(b) the application of the requirement engages the compliance or non-conflict principle.\n(4) This sub-paragraph applies to—\n(a) a requirement to be of a particular sex;\n(b) a requirement not to be a transsexual person;\n(c) a requirement not to be married or a civil partner;\n(ca) a requirement not to be married to, or the civil partner of, a person of the same sex;\n(cb) a requirement not to be the civil partner of a person of the opposite sex;\n(d) a requirement not to be married to, or the civil partner of, a person who has a living former spouse or civil partner;\n(e) a requirement relating to circumstances in which a marriage or civil partnership came to an end;\n(f) a requirement related to sexual orientation.\n(5) The application of a requirement engages the compliance principle if the requirement is applied so as to comply with the doctrines of the religion.\n(6) The application of a requirement engages the non-conflict principle if, because of the nature or context of the employment, the requirement is applied so as to avoid conflicting with the strongly held religious convictions of a significant number of the religion's followers.\n(7) A reference to employment includes a reference to an appointment to a personal or public office.\n(8) In the case of a requirement within sub-paragraph (4)(a), sub-paragraph (1) has effect as if in paragraph (c) the words from “(or” to the end were omitted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 2(2)(e) inserted (1.1.2024) by The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1425), regs. 1(2), 4(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 2(4)(ca) inserted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 45; S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 2(4)(ca) inserted (E.W.S.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 11(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 2(4)(cb) inserted (E.W.S.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 11(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/9/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}