# The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 70: Excepted employments, etc.

Extent: N.I.

(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;. . .
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.
(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.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/3162/article/70 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-70
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