Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Religion or Belief (Questions and Replies) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 30th April 2007.

(2) This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Forms for questions and replies

2. The forms set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to this Order are, respectively, prescribed as forms—

(a) by which a claimant or potential claimant may question a respondent or potential respondent as mentioned in subsection (2)(a) of section 70 of the Equality Act 2006;

(b) by which a respondent or potential respondent may reply (if he wishes) as mentioned in subsection (2)(b) of that section.

Manner of service of questions and replies

3. A question may be served on a respondent or potential respondent and a reply may be served on a claimant or potential claimant, whether or not the question or reply is in the prescribed form—

(a) by delivering it to him,

(b) by sending it by post to him at his usual or last known residence or place of business,

(c) where the person to be served is acting by a solicitor, by delivering it at, or by sending it by post to, the solicitor’s address for service,

(d) where the person to be served is a claimant or potential claimant, by delivering the reply, or sending it by post, to him at his address for reply as stated by him in the document containing the questions, or if no address is so stated, at his usual or last known residence, or

(e) where the person to be served is a body corporate or is a trade union or employers’ association within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992( 2 ), by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the body, union or association at its registered or principal office, or by sending it by post to the secretary or clerk at that office.

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 The Equality Act 2006, section 70(2)(a) Form of Questions by Claimant or Potential Claimant

Article 2

SCHEDULE 2 The Equality Act 2006, section 70(2)(b) Form of Reply by Respondent or Potential Respondent