Article 70 Excepted employments, etc.

Northern Ireland

(1)

This Order does not apply to or in relation to—

(a)

any employment or occupation as a clergyman or minister of a religious denomination;F1. . .

Sub.-para.(b) rep. by SR 2003/520

(2)

Part VII does not apply to or in relation to any employment or occupation where the essential nature of the job requires it to be done by a person holding, or not holding, a particular religious belief.

F2(3)

So far as they relate to discrimination on the ground of religious belief, Parts III and V do not apply to or in relation to any employment or occupation where -

(a)

the holding, or not holding, of a particular religious belief is an occupational requirement;

(b)

the application of the requirement is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim; and

(c)

either -

(i)

the person (A) to whom that requirement is applied does not meet it; or

(ii)

the person who applies the requirement has reasonable grounds for not being satisfied that A meets it.

(4)

So far as they relate to discrimination on the ground of political opinion, Parts III and V do not apply to or in relation to an employment or occupation where the essential nature of the job requires it to be done by a person holding, or not holding, a particular political opinion.

F3(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: SR 2003/520
F2: Art. 70(3) substituted (6.4.2015) by The Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/144), regs. 1(1), 2
F3: Art. 70(5) omitted (12.5.2022) by virtue of Fair Employment (School Teachers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 23), s. 3(1)(2), Sch. para. 3

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: functions transf. by SR 1999/481