Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006N.I.
163.—(1) Regulation 16 of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (5) (circumstances in which a restriction is permitted under regulation 16(3) or (4)), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“; or
(c)in connection with a ceremony or event to mark the solemnisation of a marriage or the formation of a civil partnership.”.
(3) After paragraph (5) insert—
“(5A) Where an act done by a person—
(a)would be unlawful but for paragraph (5)(c), and
(b)is done by the person—
(i)in the course of the person’s employment, or
(ii)as agent for another person,
the employer or other person does not do anything unlawful under these Regulations only because of being treated by regulation 23 as also doing the act.”.
(4) In paragraph (8), after “This regulation” insert “, so far as it relates to a restriction imposed as mentioned in paragraph (5)(a) or (b),”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 163 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)