The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
These Regulations, which are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), amend the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 (“the principal Regulations”). They do so in order to implement (in relation to trustees and managers of occupational pension schemes in Great Britain) Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27th November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p.16) so far as it relates to discrimination on grounds of religion or belief. The principal Regulations make it unlawful to discriminate on grounds of religion or belief in employment and vocational training, and come into force on 2nd December 2003.