SEX DISCRIMINATION (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976

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SEX DISCRIMINATION (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 82



82.(1) This Order applies

(a)to an act done by or for purposes of a Minister of the Crown or government
department, or

(b)to an act done on behalf of the Crown by a statutory body, or a person
holding a statutory office,

(2) Parts III and V apply to

(a)service for purposes of a Minister of the Crown or government department,
other than service of a person holding a statutory office, or

(b)service on behalf of the Crown for purposes of a person holding a statutory
office or purposes of a statutory body,

(3) Part IV (except Article 26(2) and (3)) applies to any educational
establishment conducted in accordance with arrangements made by the Department
of Education under Article 55(1) of the Education and Libraries (Northern
Ireland) Order 1972 as if that establishment were included in a paragraph in
column 1 of the table in Article 24 and that Department were included in
relation to it in column 2 of that table, and as if references to that
paragraph were included in Article 24 and Article 26(4)(b).

(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) have effect subject to Article 19.

(5) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to service in

(a)the naval, military or air forces of the Crown, or

(b)any women's service administered by the Defence Council.

(6) Nothing in this Order renders unlawful discrimination in admission to the
Army Cadet Force, Air Training Corps, Sea Cadet Corps or Combined Cadet Force,
or any other cadet training corps for the time being administered by the
Ministry of Defence.

(7) This Order (except Article 11(1) and (6)) does not apply to employment in
the case of which the employee may be required to serve in support of a force
or service mentioned in paragraph (5)(a) or (b).

(8) Paragraph (2) of Article 13 shall have effect in relation to any ship,
aircraft or hovercraft belonging to or possessed by Her Majesty in right of
the Government of Northern Ireland as it has effect in relation to a ship,
aircraft or hovercraft mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of that
paragraph, and Article 13(5) shall apply accordingly.

(9) The provisions of Parts II to IV of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 shall
apply to proceedings against the Crown under this Order4 as they apply to
proceedings in Northern Ireland which by virtue of section 23 of that Act are
treated for the purposes of Part II of that Act as civil proceedings by or
against the Crown, except that in their application to proceedings under this
Order section 20 of that Act (removal of proceedings from county court to High
Court) shall not apply.

(10) In this Article "statutory body" means a body set up by or in pursuance
of a statutory provision, and "statutory office" means an office so set up;
and service "for purposes of" a Minister of the Crown or government department
does not include service in any office in Schedule 2 (Ministerial offices) to
the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 as for the time being in force.

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SEX DISCRIMINATION (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 82