PART VIIIEXCEPTIONS
Excepted employments, etc.70
1
This Order does not apply to or in relation to—
a
any employment or occupation as a clergyman or minister of a religious denomination;F1. . .
Sub.-para.(b) rep. by SR 2003/520
2
Part VII does not apply to or in relation to any employment or occupation where the essential nature of the job requires it to be done by a person holding, or not holding, a particular religious belief.
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So far as they relate to discrimination on the ground of religious belief, Parts III and V do not apply to or in relation to any employment or occupation where -
a
the holding, or not holding, of a particular religious belief is an occupational requirement;
b
the application of the requirement is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim; and
c
either -
i
the person (A) to whom that requirement is applied does not meet it; or
ii
the person who applies the requirement has reasonable grounds for not being satisfied that A meets it.
4
So far as they relate to discrimination on the ground of political opinion, Parts III and V do not apply to or in relation to an employment or occupation where the essential nature of the job requires it to be done by a person holding, or not holding, a particular political opinion.
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