Commentary on Sections New section 49C: Exceptions from section 49A(1)
65.New section 49C(1) to (3) set out certain acts which are not subject to the duties in section 49A(1) such as judicial acts, legislative acts, and acts relating to employment in the armed forces.
66.New section 49C(4) provides a power to define in regulations other acts in relation to which duties under section 49A(1) will not apply. This would enable, for example, regulations to clarify the situation where there was doubt as to whether an act was covered or not, or to exclude particular types of act from those duties where there would be good policy reasons as to why they should not be covered.