Article 24 Bodies in charge of educational establishmentsF1

Northern Ireland

(1)

It is unlawful, in relation to an educational establishment falling within column 1 of the following table, for a person indicated in relation to the establishment in column 2 (the “responsible body”) to discriminate against a woman—

(a)

in the terms on which it offers to admit her to the establishment as a pupil, or

(b)

by refusing or deliberately omitting to accept an application for her admission to the establishment as a pupil, or

(c)

where she is a pupil of the establishment—

(i)

in the way it affords her access to any benefits, facilities or services, or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford her access to them, or

(ii)

by excluding her from the establishment or subjecting her to any other detriment.

TABLE
Establishment	Responsible body
1. Educational establishment which is grant-aided.	F2Education Authority or managers or governors, according to which of them has the function in question.
F31A. College of education,F4. . . .	The managers.
2. Independent school.	Proprietor
3. University.	Governing body.
F5. . .	. . .
F65. An establishment providing further education in respect of which grants are paid under Article 5(1)(b) of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.	Governing body.

(2)

It is unlawful for the governing body of an institution of further or higher education to discriminate against a woman in the arrangements it makes for the purpose of selecting people for admission to the institution.

(3)

It is unlawful for the governing body of an institution of further or higher education to subject a woman to harassment if that woman is a student at the institution or has applied for admission to the institution.

(4)

In paragraphs (2) and (3), “institution of further or higher education” means an establishment falling within column 1 of paragraph 1A, 3 or 5 of the table in paragraph (1).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: SR 2005/426
F2: Words in art. 24(1) substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 7(1) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F3: 1986 NI 3
F4: 2005 NI 13
F5: 1984 NI 10
F6: 1997 NI 15

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: function transf. by SR 1999/481