The Sex Discrimination Order 1976 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Citation and interpretation N.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sex Discrimination Order 1976 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012.

(2) In these Regulations, “the 1976 Order” means the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 M1 .

(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 M2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1976/1042 (N.I. 15); Article 46 was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2008/963

M2 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

Amendment of the 1976 Order N.I.

2.—(1) Article 46 of the 1976 Order (insurance etc.) shall cease to have effect in relation to discrimination under Article 30 of that Order and accordingly Article 46 of the 1976 Order shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In paragraph (1) for “Nothing in Parts III to V” substitute “ Nothing in Part III, Part IV (other than Article 30) or Part V ”.

(3) In paragraph (2) omit “30,”.

(4) Paragraphs (3) and (4) are omitted.

Transitional provision N.I.

3.  Notwithstanding regulation 2, Article 46 of the 1976 Order shall continue to have effect in relation to any contract concluded before 21^st December 2012 as if these Regulations had not been made.

Review N.I.

4.—(1) The [F1 Department for Communities] must from time to time —

(a) carry out a review of the regulatory system established by the 1976 Order insofar as it implements F2 ... the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services M3 in respect of insurance services,

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

(c) publish the report.

F3 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) The first report under this legislation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into operation.

(5) Reports under this Regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 4(1) substituted (12.12.2018) by The Sex Discrimination Order 1976 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/194), regs. 1(1), 2

F2 Words in reg. 4(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/305), regs. 1, 7(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Reg. 4(2)(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/305), regs. 1, 7(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M3 O.J. No. L 373, 21.12,2004, p37

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 21^st December 2012.

L.S.

Fergus Devitt

A senior officer of the

Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister