Northern Ireland Act 1998

Yn ddilys o 02/12/1999

24 Community law, Convention rights etc.U.K.

(1)A Minister or Northern Ireland department has no power to make, confirm or approve any subordinate legislation, or to do any act, so far as the legislation or act—

(a)is incompatible with any of the Convention rights;

(b)is incompatible with Community law;

(c)discriminates against a person or class of person on the ground of religious belief or political opinion;

(d)in the case of an act, aids or incites another person to discriminate against a person or class of person on that ground; or

(e)in the case of legislation, modifies an enactment in breach of section 7.

(2)Subsection (1)(c) and (d) does not apply in relation to any act which is unlawful by virtue of the M1Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976, or would be unlawful but for some exception made by virtue of Part V of that Act.

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