Section 40 Charities.

Northern Ireland

(1)

Nothing in F1the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Acts shall—

(a)

be construed as affecting a provision to which this subsection applies, or

(b)

render unlawful an act which is done in order to give effect to such a provision.

(2)

Subsection (1) applies to a provision for conferring benefits on persons of a particular religious belief or a particular political opinion (disregarding any benefits to persons not of that belief or opinion which are exceptional or are relatively insignificant), being a provision—

(a)

which is contained in an enactment or instrument, and

(b)

which has been enacted or made for purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of Northern Ireland.

(3)

In subsection (2) “enactment” includes an enactment contained in a local or personal Act (including an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words substituted by Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 32, SIF 43:1), s. 59(1), Sch. 2 para. 10

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (1.3.1999) by S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21), art. 105(4), Sch. 5 (with Sch. 4) (subject to savings in art. 105(2), Sch. 4 para. 6(1)(b)); S.R. 1999/81, art. 3(1)