S.L. 452.95 Art. 6Positive action.

(1) Nothing in these regulations shall render unlawful any act done in or in connection with -

(a) affording persons of a particular religion or religious belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, or racial or ethnic origin, access to benefits relating to training which would help prepare them for a particular work; or

(b) encouraging such persons referred to in paragraph (a) to take advantage of opportunities for doing a particular work, where it reasonably appears to the person doing the act that it prevents or compensates for disadvantages linked to grounds of religion or religious belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, and racial or ethnic origin.

(2) With regards to disabled persons, the principle of equal treatment shall be without prejudice to measures taken at the workplace aimed at creating or maintaining provisions or facilities for safeguarding or promoting their integration into the working environment.

(3) Nothing in these regulations shall render unlawful any act done in connection with maintaining or adopting measures providing for specific advantages in order to make it easier for the under-represented sex to pursue a vocational activity or to prevent or compensate for disadvantages in professional careers with a view to ensuring full equality in practice between men and women in working life.