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EQUALITY ACT (SEXUAL ORIENTATION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2006

S.R. 2006/466 · Made 22 November 2006

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SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION

Made 22nd November 2006

Coming into operation 1st January 2007

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 82(1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Equality Act 2006f1 and in all other powers enabling it in that behalf.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c.3

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of regulation 3 of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.

(2)

These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st of January 2007.

2Amendment of regulation 3 of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

In regulation 3(4) for the words “or paragraph (1)” substitute “of paragraph (3)”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 22nd November 2006

L.S.

Gerry Mulligan

A senior officer of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 3(4) of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.