Reg. 26 in operation at 1.1.2007, see reg. 1(2)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/439/regulation/26The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006Sexual orientationReligious discriminationSexual discriminationHousingenSEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATIONStatute Law Database2024-09-18Expert Participation2020-09-01These Regulations, which are made under section 82 of the Equality Act 2006, make it unlawful to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services, education and public functions.26Charities1

Nothing in these Regulations shall make it unlawful for a person to provide benefits only to persons of a particular sexual orientation, if —

a

he acts in pursuance of a charitable instrument; and

b

the restriction of benefits to persons of that sexual orientation is imposed by reason of or on the grounds of the provisions of the charitable instrument.

2

In this regulation “charitable instrument” means a statutory provision or other instrument (whenever taking effect) so far as it relates to purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of Northern Ireland.

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