S.L. 452.95 Art. 1Title and scope.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Equal Treatment in

Employment Regulations.

(2) These regulations give effect to the relevant provisions of

Council Directives 76/207/EEC, 2000/78/EC, 2000/43/EC, 2002/ 73/EC and 2006/54/EC and apply to all persons as regards both the public and private sectors and including service with the Government in accordance with the Extension of Applicability to Service with Government (Equal Treatment in Employment) Regulations.

(3) The purpose of these regulations is to put into effect the principle of equal treatment in relation to employment by laying down minimum requirements to combat discriminatory treatment on the grounds of religion or religious belief, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, and racial or ethnic origin.

(4) These regulations shall be applicable to all persons in relation to:

(a) conditions for access to employment, including the advertising of opportunities for employment, selection criteria and recruitment conditions, whatever the branch of activity and at all levels of the professional hierarchy, including promotions;

(b) access to all types and to all levels of vocational guidance, vocational training, advanced vocational training and retraining, including practical work experience;

(c) employment and conditions of employment, including remuneration and dismissals;

(d) membership of, and involvement in, any organization of employees and employers, or any organization whose members carry on a particular profession, including the benefits provided for by such organizations.

(5) These regulations shall not apply to:

(a) any differences of treatment based on nationality and are without prejudice to laws and conditions relating to the entry into and residence of third country nationals and stateless persons in Malta and to any treatment which arises from the legal status of these individuals concerned;

(b) the armed forces of Malta in so far as discriminatory treatment on the grounds of disability and age is concerned.

(6) These regulations shall be without prejudice to:

(a) any law necessary for public security, for maintaining public order, for the prevention of criminal offences, for the protection of health and for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others;

(b) the introduction and implementation of provisions in collective agreements or any other agreement entered into between employers and employees, which lay down anti-discrimination rules in the areas referred to in subregulation (3) which respect the minimum requirements in these regulations.