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Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (repealed)

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Changes over time for: Paragraph 6

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Version Superseded: 01/10/2010

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Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (repealed), Paragraph 6. Help about Changes to Legislation

Exclusion from ss. 1 to 5 of pensions etc.E+W+S

6(1)Neither an equality clause nor the provisions of section 3(4) above shall operate in relation to terms—

(a)affected by compliance with the laws regulating the employment of women, or

(b)affording special treatment to women in connection with pregnancy or childbirth.

(1A)An equality clause and those provisions—

(a)shall operate in relation to terms relating to membership of an occupational pension scheme (within the meaning of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975) so far as those terms relate to any matter in respect of which the scheme has to conform with the equal access requirements of Part IV of that Act; but

(b)subject to this, shall not operate in relation to terms related to death or retirement, or to any provision made in connection with death or retirement.

(2)Any reference in this section to retirement includes retirement, whether voluntary or not, on grounds of age, length of service or incapacity.

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