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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2015.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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In Article 70 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998  (excepted employments, etc), for paragraph (3) substitute -“
(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.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 10th March 2015.
Margaret Rose McNaughton
A senior officer of the
Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
