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The Regulations also protect office holders appointed by the Government and other office holders where they fall within the scope of the Directive (that is if they are paid and are subject to some form of direction.) This means, for example, that the regulations will cover clergy and judicial offices including magistrates and Employment Tribunal members.

The Regulations do not cover people who hold elected office, or an office that is not on a par with a job, for example, an executor – appointed under a will.

The Regulations also outlaw discrimination on grounds of religion or belief by:

• Barristers in relation to an offer of pupilage or tenancy
• Advocates in relation to taking any one as a pupil
• Partnerships within firms
• Trade organisations
• Qualification bodies
• Providers of vocational training
• Institutions of further and higher education
• Employment agencies
• Professional and other qualification bodies