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Amendment of section 3.
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48.—Section 3 (discrimination (general)) of the Act of 2000 is amended—
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(a) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) For the purposes of this Act discrimination shall be taken to occur—
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(a) where a person is treated less favourably than another person is, has been or would be treated in a comparable situation on any of the grounds specified in subsection (2) (in this Act referred to as the ‘discriminatory grounds’) which—
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(i) exists,
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(ii) existed but no longer exists,
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(iii) may exist in the future, or
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(iv) is imputed to the person concerned,
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(b) where a person who is associated with another person—
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(i) is treated, by virtue of that association, less favourably than a person who is not so associated is, has been or would be treated in a comparable situation, and
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(ii) similar treatment of that other person on any of the discriminatory grounds would, by virtue of paragraph (a), constitute discrimination,
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or
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(c) where an apparently neutral provision puts a person referred to in any paragraph of section 3(2) at a particular disadvantage compared with other persons, unless the provision is objectively justified by a legitimate aim and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary.”,
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(b) by substituting the following subsections for subsection (3):
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“(3) (a) Treating a person who has not attained the age of 18 years less favourably or more favourably than another, whatever that person's age shall not be regarded as discrimination on the age ground.
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(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply in relation to the provision of motor vehicle insurance to licensed drivers under that age.
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(3A) In any proceedings statistics are admissible for the purpose of determining whether discrimination has occurred by virtue of subsection (1)(c).”.
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