Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2006 No. 466
SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION
EQUALITY ACT (SEXUAL ORIENTATION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2006
Made
22nd November 2006
Coming into operation
1st January 2007
To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000
The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 82(1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Equality Act 2006(1) and in all other powers enabling it in that behalf.
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st of January 2007.
Amendment of regulation 3 of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(2)
2. In regulation 3(4) for the words “or paragraph (1)” substitute “of paragraph (3)”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 22nd November 2006
Gerry Mulligan
A senior officer of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend regulation 3(4) of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.