Employment Equality Act, 1998
Compliance with statutory requirements etc. |
17.—(1) In relation to discrimination on the marital status ground, nothing in this Act shall render unlawful any act done in compliance with any provision of the Maternity Protection Act, 1994 , or the Adoptive Leave Act, 1995 . | |
(2) In relation to discrimination on the ground of race, nothing in this Act shall render unlawful any act done in compliance with any provision made by or under— | ||
(a) section 40 (3) of the Solicitors Act, 1954 , or | ||
(b) section 35 of the Finance Act, 1987 . | ||
(3) In relation to discrimination on the age ground or the disability ground, nothing in this Act shall render unlawful any act done in compliance with any provision made by or under— | ||
(a) sections 5 , 9 , 11 and 16 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1946 , | ||
(b) section 12 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1947 , | ||
(c) section 29 of the Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1971 , | ||
(d) sections 3 and 8 of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979 , or | ||
(e) sections 5 , 14 , 58 and 60 of the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993 . | ||
(4) In relation to discrimination on the age ground, nothing in this Act shall render unlawful any act done in compliance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 . |