2. In Article 70 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (1) (excepted employments, etc), for paragraph (3) substitute -
“(3) 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.”.