(1) In relation to the discriminatory grounds specified in paragraphs (a) to (h) of section 28(1), nothing in this Part or Part II shall make it unlawful for an employer to provide -
(a) a benefit to an employee in respect of events related to members of the employee's family or any description of those members,
(b) a benefit to or in respect of a person as a member of an employee's family,
(c) a benefit to an employee on or by reference to an event occasioning a change in the civil status of the employee, or
(d) to an employee who has family status a benefit intended directly to provide or assist in the provision, during working hours, of care for a person for whom the employee has responsibility as mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of "family status" in section 2(1).
(2) In subsection (1) "employer" includes an employment agency, a person offering a course of vocational training as mentioned in section 12(1) and a regulatory body; and accordingly references to an
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