Equality Act 2010 Explanatory Notes

Examples
  • The Baha’i faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Rastafarianism, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism are all religions for the purposes of this provision.

  • Beliefs such as humanism and atheism would be beliefs for the purposes of this provision but adherence to a particular football team would not be.

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