The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 No. 3162 (NI. 21)

PART II N.I. FUNCTIONS OF THE EQUALITY COMMISSION

Principal functions of Commission N.I.

General duty of Commission N.I.

7.  It shall be the duty of the Commission—

(a) to promote equality of opportunity in Northern Ireland;

(b) to promote affirmative action;

(c) to work for the elimination of unlawful discrimination[F1 and unlawful harassment]; and

(d) to keep under review the working of this Order and, when it is so required by the Department or otherwise thinks it necessary, draw up and submit to the Department proposals for amending this Order,

and for the purposes of discharging that duty the Commission shall have the functions conferred on it by this Order.

F1 SR 2003/520