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Section 58(1), 59(3).
1In section 19 of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (religious or political discrimination by certain public authorities to be unlawful)—
(a)at the beginning of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words " Subject to subsection (4) below " ; and
(b)after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(4)This section does not apply to any act or omission which is unlawful by virtue of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 or would be unlawful but for some exception made by virtue of Part V of that Act.”
2In section 20(2) of that Act (membership of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights), after paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(dd)the chairman of the Fair Employment Agency for Northern Ireland ; and”;
and for " (d)" in the second place where it occurs there shall be substituted " (dd) " .
3In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (bodies of which all members are disqualified under that Act) there shall (at the appropriate place in alphabetical order) be inserted the following entries—
“The Fair Employment Agency for Northern Ireland.
The Fair Employment Appeals Board.”
4In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (bodies of which all members are disqualified under that Act) there shall (at the appropriate place in alphabetical order) be inserted the following entries—
“The Fair Employment Agency for Northern Ireland.
The Fair Employment Appeals Board.”