http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/439/regulation/29The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006Sexual orientationReligious discriminationSexual discriminationHousingenSEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATIONStatute Law Database2024-09-18Expert Participation2020-09-01 These 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. Codes of practice291The Commission may issue codes of practice containing such practical guidance as the Commission thinks fit for —athe elimination of discrimination and harassment in the field of housing;bthe promotion of equality of opportunity in the field of housing between persons of different sexual orientations.2Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), a code of practice issued under this regulation may include such practical guidance as the Commission thinks fit as to what steps it is reasonably practicable for providers of goods, facilities or services in respect of the field of housing to take for the purpose of preventing acts made unlawful by these Regulations.3When the Commission proposes to issue a code of practice, it shall prepare and publish a draft of that code, shall consider any representations made to it about the draft and may modify the draft accordingly.4In the course of preparing any draft code of practice relating to the field of housing for eventual publication under paragraph (3) the Commission shall consult with such organisations or bodies as appear to the Commission to be appropriate having regard to the content of the proposed code.5The Commission may from time to time revise the whole or any part of a code of practice issued under this regulation and issue that revised code, and paragraphs (3) and (4) shall apply (with appropriate modifications) to such a revised code as they apply to the first issue of a code.Reg. 29 in operation at 1.1.2007, see reg. 1(2)Words in reg. 29(2) inserted (1.6.2007) by THE EQUALITY ACT (SEXUAL ORIENTATION) (AMENDMENT No 2) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2007 (S.R. 2007/261), regs. 1(2), 6
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