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Appendix 2: example groups relevant to the section 75 categories for Northern Ireland purposes
Updated 2 April 2024
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Example groups relevant to the section 75 categories for Northern Ireland purposes
Please note, this list is for illustration purposes only, it is not exhaustive.
| Category | Example groups |
|---|---|
| Religious belief | Buddhist; Catholic; Hindu; Jewish; Muslim, people of no religious belief; Protestants; Sikh; other faiths. |
| Â | For the purposes of section 75, the term 바카라 사이트˜religious belief바카라 사이트™ is the same definition as that used in the 바카라 사이트˜Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order바카라 사이트™. (See section 98 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, which states: 바카라 사이트˜In this Act바카라 사이트¦바카라 사이트™political opinion바카라 사이트™ and 바카라 사이트˜religious belief바카라 사이트™ shall be construed in accordance with Article 2-(3) and (4) of the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998.바카라 사이트™ Therefore, 바카라 사이트˜religious belief바카라 사이트™ also includes any perceived religious belief (or perceived lack of belief) and, in employment situations only, it also covers any 바카라 사이트˜similar philosophical belief바카라 사이트™. |
| Political opinion | Nationalist generally; Unionists generally; members/supporters of other political parties. |
| Racial group | Black people; Chinese; Indian; Pakistani; people of mixed ethnic background; Polish; Roma; Travellers; white people. |
| Men and women generally | Men (including boys); Transgender people; Transsexual people; women (including girls); those who identify as neither male nor female. |
| Marital status | Civil partners or people in civil partnerships; divorced people; married people; separated people; single people; widowed people. |
| Age | Children and young people; older people. |
| Persons with a disability | Persons with disabilities as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. |
| Persons with dependants | Persons with personal responsibility for the care of a child; for the care of a person with a disability; or the care of a dependant older person. |
| Sexual orientation | Bisexual people; heterosexual people; gay or lesbian people. |