Amendment of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 20033

1

At the beginning of regulation 20(4), insert—

  • Subject to paragraph (4A),

2

After regulation 20(4), insert the following paragraph—

4A

In relation to an institution specified in Schedule 1B, this regulation applies with the modification set out in that Schedule.

3

After Schedule 1A4, insert—

SCHEDULE 1BInstitutions in relation to which regulation 20 (Institutions of further and higher education) is modified

Regulation 20(4A)

1

This Schedule applies to the following institutions:—

  • Aquinas Sixth Form College, Stockport

  • Cardinal Newman College, Preston

  • Carmel College, St Helens

  • Christ The King Sixth Form College, Lewisham

  • Holy Cross Sixth Form College, Bury

  • Loreto College, Manchester

  • Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College, Leeds

  • St. Brendan’s Sixth Form College, Brislington, Bristol

  • St. Charles Catholic Sixth Form College, London W10

  • St. David’s Catholic College/Coleg Catholig Dewi Sant, Cardiff

  • St. Dominic’s Sixth Form College, Harrow on the Hill

  • St. Francis Xavier Sixth Form College, Clapham

  • Saint John Rigby Catholic Sixth Form College, Orrell, Wigan

  • St. Mary’s College, Blackburn

  • St. Mary’s Sixth Form College, Middlesbrough

  • Xaverian Sixth Form College, Manchester

2

Subject to paragraph 3, regulation 20(1)(b) shall not apply to the institutions specified in paragraph 1 in so far as it is necessary for an institution to give preference in its admissions to persons of a particular religion or belief in order to preserve that institution’s religious ethos.

3

Paragraph 2 does not apply in relation to any admission to a course of vocational training.