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

Made: 21st December 2012

Coming into operation: 21st December 2012

The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to discrimination , makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section:

Citation and interpretation

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• (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 .

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

Amendment of the 1976 Order

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• (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

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

Review

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• (1) The 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 ... the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services in respect of insurance services,

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

• (c) publish the report.

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (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.

Signed

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

Fergus Devitt — A senior officer of the

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c.68

[^f00002]: See the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002 (S.I.2002/1819)

[^f00003]: S.I. 1976/1042 (N.I. 15); Article 46 was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2008/963

[^f00004]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L 373, 21.12,2004, p37

Editorial notes

[^c21524631]: 1972 c.68

[^c21524641]: See the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002 (S.I.2002/1819)

[^c21524651]: S.I. 1976/1042 (N.I. 15); Article 46 was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2008/963

[^c21524661]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^c21524671]: O.J. No. L 373, 21.12,2004, p37

[^key-791b0fd454cd20f54f5db22e004127e2]: 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

[^key-9ec3d7d09429470455c680ae91c8ffa4]: 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)

[^key-54e0dcd935e8dfe3157dc90347b7c40a]: 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)