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 .