Article 26 General duty in public sector of education

Northern Ireland

(1)

Without prejudice to its obligation to comply with any other provision of this Order, a body to which this paragraph applies shall be under a general duty to secure that facilities for education provided by it, and any ancillary benefits or services, are provided without sex discrimination.

(2)

F1Article 101 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986F2. . . shall apply to the performance by a body to which paragraph (1) applies of the duties imposed by Articles 24 and 25 and shall also apply to the performance of the general duty imposed by paragraph (1), as it applies to the performance by F3the Education Authority of a duty imposed by that Order.

(3)

The sanctions in paragraph (2) shall be the only sanctions for breach of the general duty in paragraph (1), but without prejudice to the enforcement of Articles 24 and 25 under Article 66 or otherwise (where the breach is also a contravention of either of those Articles).

(4)

Paragraph (1) applies to—

(a)

F4the Education Authority ; and

(b)

any other body which is a responsible body in relation to an establishment falling within paragraph 1, 1A, 4 or 5 of the table in Article 24.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 1986 NI 3
F2: 1989 NI 20
F3: Words in art. 26(2) substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 7(3) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F4: Words in art. 26(4)(a) substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 7(3) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: function transf. by SR 1999/481