Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Order 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1987 Draft |
| Year | 1987 |
Draft Order in Council laid before Parliament under the European Communities Act 1972, Schedule 2, Paragraph 2(2), for approval by Resolution of each House of Parliament.
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SEX DISCRIMINATION
Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Order 1987
1987
1987
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the day of 1987
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 ( a) , is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. This Order may be cited as the Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1987.
2. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 52 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (b) (certificate that act done for purpose of safeguarding national security to be conclusive evidence of that fact) shall cease to have effect in relation to the determination of the question whether any act is rendered unlawful by Part II of that Act, by Part III of that Act, so far as it applies to vocational training, or by Part IV of that Act taken with Part II or with Part III so far as it so applies.
3. Paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 53 of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (c) (certificate that act done for purpose of safeguarding national security or of protecting public safety or public order to be conclusive evidence of that fact) shall cease to have effect in relation to the determination of the question whether any act is rendered unlawful by Part III of that Order, by Part IV of that Order, so far as it applies to vocational training, or by Part V of that Order taken with Part III or with Part IV so far as it so applies.
Clerk of the Privy Council |
(a) OJ No. L39, 14.2.76, p.40.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which is made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 for the purpose of complying with Council Directive 1976/207/EEC ( a) (following the judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case 222/84-Johnston v The Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary) disapplies certain provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976. Under those provisions a certificate may be signed by or on...
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