# Race Relations Order (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 4: Racial discrimination


(1) In Article 3 of the Race Relations Order (racial discrimination) after paragraph (1) insert –
“(1A) A person also discriminates against another if, in any circumstances relevant for the purposes of any provision referred to in paragraph (1B), he applies to that other a provision, criterion or practice which he applies or would apply equally to persons not of the same race or ethnic or national origins as that other, but –
(a) which puts or would put persons of the same race or ethnic or national origins as that other at a particular disadvantage when compared with other persons;
(b) which puts that other at that disadvantage; and
(c) which he cannot show to be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
(1B) The provisions mentioned in paragraph (1A) are –
(a) Part II;
(b) Articles 18 and 19;
(c) Article 20A;
(d) Articles 21 to 24;
(e) Article 26;
(f) Article 72 ZA; and
(g) Part IV in its application to the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f).
(1C) Where, by virtue of paragraph (1A), a person discriminates against another, paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to him.”.
(2) In paragraph (3) of that Article, after the words “paragraph (1)”, insert “or (1A)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/341/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-order-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-4
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