UK Offence Report

The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1998 No. 3162 — creates 23 criminal offences.

23offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
16 December 1998
In force from
Not determined
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Corporate, financial services, company law, employment, charity, electoral and tax
Made under
Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order repeals and re-enacts the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 and the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 with amendments. The principal amendments— a make it unlawful to discriminate in the provision of goods, facilities and services on the ground of religious belief or political opinion; b make it lawful for a person to— i recruit specifically from the unemployed; and ii offer religion specific training to persons not already in his employment; c provide a right of appeal against national security certificates; d make provision in relation to the arbitration and settlement of complaints. The Order also makes certain corresponding amendments to the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 and the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

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