The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 No. 1514

PART 10 N.I. Amendments: Other Secondary Legislation

Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 N.I.

155.  In regulation 3 of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1), after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2), in a comparison of B’s case with that of another person the fact that one of the persons (whether B or not) is married to, or the civil partner of, a person of the same sex while the other is married to, or the civil partner of, a person of the opposite sex shall not be treated as a material difference between their respective circumstances.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 155 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.R. (N.I.) 2003/497. Regulation 3 was amended by S.R. (N.I.) 2005/520.