C1Part IIF6THE EMPLOYMENT FIELDF7 AND DISTRICT COUNCILSF8and members of locally-electable authorities

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Amendments (Textual)
F6

Pt. 2: heading "THE EMPLOYMENT FIELD" substituted (E.W.S.) for "EMPLOYMENT" (3.7.2003 for certain purposes and 1.10.2004 otherwise) by The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 2003/1673), regs. 1(2)(3), {4(1)} and same heading substituted (N.I.) (21.2.2004 for certain purposes and 1.10.2004 otherwise) by S.R. 2004/55, regs. 1(2)(3), 4(1)

F7

Pt. II heading: words inserted (N.I) (31.12.2007) by The Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order ( S.I. 2006/312 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1, 19(1), {Sch. 1 para. 4}; S.R. 2007/466, art. 2(2)(l)

F8

Pt 2 heading: words inserted (E.W.S.) (5.12.2005) by Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13), ss. 19(1), 20(3)-(6), Sch. 1 para. 4; S.I 2005/2774, {art. 3(j)}

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

F9Supplementary and general

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F9

Cross-heading "Supplementary and General" inserted (3.7.2003 for E.W.S. for certain purposes and 21.2.2004 for N.I. for certain purposes, and 1.10.2004 otherwise) by The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1673), regs. 1(2)(3), 17(1); The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

(S.R. 2004/55), regs. 1(2)(3), {17(1)}

F1E118C Charities and support for particular groups of persons.

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F5E218CCharities and support for particular groups of persons

1

Nothing in this Part –

a

affects any charitable instrument which provides for conferring benefits on one or more categories of person determined by reference to any physical or mental capacity; or

b

makes unlawful any act done by a charity in pursuance of any of its charitable purposes, so far as those purposes are connected with persons so determined.

2

Nothing in this Part prevents –

a

a person who provides supported employment from treating members of a particular group of disabled persons more favourably than other persons in providing such employment; or

b

the Department for Employment and Learning from agreeing to arrangements for the provision of supported employment which will, or may, have that effect.

3

In this section –

  • “charitable instrument” means an enactment or other instrument (whenever taking effect) so far as it relates to charitable purposes;

  • “charitable purposes” means purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of Northern Ireland;

  • “charity” has the same meaning as in Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 F3; and

  • “supported employment” means facilities provided, or in respect of which payments are made, under section 15 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 F4.