Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976
Part I The Fair Employment Agency for Northern Ireland
1 Constitution and general duties of the Commission.
2 Educational functions.
Part II
3–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part III Unlawful Discrimination
General
16 Meaning of “discrimination” and “unlawful discrimination”.
Acts of unlawful discrimination
17 Discrimination by employers.
18 Discrimination against contract workers.
19 Discrimination by persons with statutory power to select employees for others.
20 Discrimination by employment agencies.
21 Discrimination by vocational organisations.
22 Discrimination by persons providing training services.
23 Discrimination by persons with power to confer qualifications.
Complaints of unlawful discrimination
24 Jurisdiction of the Fair Employment Tribunal.
25 Conciliation.
26 Remedies on complaints under section 24.
27 Appeal to Court of Appeal.
Help for persons suffering discrimination
28 Help for aggrieved persons in obtaining information etc.
29 Advice and assistance by Commission.
32 Power of court to revise contracts.
32A Restrictions on contracting out.
Part IV Other unlawful acts
33 Discriminatory advertisements.
34 Accessories and incitement.
35 Liability of employers and principals.
36 Enforcement of s. 33.
Part V Exceptions
37 Excepted employments, etc.
37A Provision of training in pursuance of affirmative action.
37B Redundancy.
37C Measures to encourage applications etc. from under-represented community.
38 Review of exception of school teachers.
39 Power to remove or limit exception of school-teachers.
40 Charities.
41 Acts done under statutory authority.
42 Acts done to safeguard national security, etc.
Part VI Miscellaneous
Restriction on proceedings
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Supplementary provisions as to the county court
44–46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Construction of references to employment or occupation in Northern Ireland
49 Meaning of “employment in Northern Ireland” and “occupation in Northern Ireland”.
Application to the Crown, police and public bodies
50 Application of Act to the Crown.
51 Proceedings against Crown for unlawful discrimination.
52 Disclosure of information by Crown for purposes of investigation or proceedings.
53 Application of Act to the police.
54 Procedure following investigation under s. 12 of Minister, government department, certain statutory bodies or statutory officers and police.
General
55 Service of documents.
56 Orders and reports.
57 General interpretation.
58 Amendments and extension of enactments, and repeal.
59 Short title, extent and commencement.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 The Fair Employment Agency for Northern Ireland
Incorporation and status
1The Commission shall continue in existence as a body corporate....
2(1) The Commission is not an emanation of the Crown,...
Tenure of office of members
3(1) A person shall hold and vacate his office as...
Remuneration of members
4The Department may pay, or make such payments towards the...
Staff
5(1) The Commission may with the approval of the Department...
Proceedings
6(1) Without prejudice to any provision of Schedule 1 to...
7The validity of any proceedings of the Commission shall not...
Instruments
8A document purporting to be duly executed under the common...
9Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed...
Discharge of functions
10(1) The Commission may authorise the discharge, under the general...
11The Commission may appoint as assessors, to assist—
Expenses and accounts
12All expenditure incurred by or on behalf of the Commission—...
13(1) The Commission shall keep proper accounts in such form...
Annual report
14(1) The Commission shall prepare in respect of each financial...
SCHEDULES 2,3,4,5. . . .
SCHEDULE 6 Amendments
The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c.36)
1In section 19 of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973...
2In section 20(2) of that Act (membership of the Standing...
The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
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The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
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Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976

1976 c. 25

An Act to establish an Agency with the duties of promoting equality of opportunity in employments and occupations in Northern Ireland between people of different religious beliefs and of working for the elimination of discrimination which is unlawful by virtue of the Act; to render unlawful, in connection with such employments and occupations, certain kinds of discrimination on the ground of religious belief or political opinion; and for connected purposes.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Act not in force at Royal Assent; Act wholly in force at 1.9.1976

Extent Information
E1

This Act extends to Northern Ireland only except as stated in s. 59(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3

Act excluded by S.R. 1991/127, art. 6(1)(a)