http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/65/section/5/1993-11-30Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (repealed) An Act to render unlawful certain kinds of sex discrimination and discrimination on the ground of marriage, and establish a Commission with the function of working towards the elimination of such discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity between men and women generally; and for related purposes.1979-09-30texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-10-181993-11-30Part I Discrimination to Which Act Applies
5 Interpretation.(1)

In this Act—

(a)

references to discrimination refer to any discrimination falling within sections 1 to 4; and

(b)

references to sex discrimination refer to any discrimination falling within section 1 or 2,

and related expressions shall be construed accordingly.

(2)

In this Act—

woman” includes a female of any age, and

man” includes a male of any age.

(3)

A comparison of the cases of persons of different sex or marital status under section 1(1) or 3(1) must be such that the relevant circumstances in the one case are the same, or not materially different, in the other.

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd">
<act name="ukpga">
<meta>
<identification source="#">
<FRBRWork>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/65"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/65"/>
<FRBRdate date="1975-11-12" name="enacted"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/UnitedKingdomParliament"/>
<FRBRcountry value="GB-UKM"/>
<FRBRnumber value="65"/>
<FRBRname value="1975 c. 65"/>
<FRBRprescriptive value="true"/>
</FRBRWork>
<FRBRExpression>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/65/1993-11-30"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/65/1993-11-30"/>
<FRBRdate date="1993-11-30" name="validFrom"/>
<FRBRauthor href="#"/>
<FRBRlanguage language="eng"/>
</FRBRExpression>
<FRBRManifestation>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/65/1993-11-30/data.akn"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/65/1993-11-30/data.akn"/>
<FRBRdate date="2024-12-13Z" name="transform"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/>
<FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/>
</FRBRManifestation>
</identification>
<lifecycle source="#">
<eventRef refersTo="#enactment" date="1975-11-12" eId="date-enacted" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="1993-11-30" eId="date-1993-11-30" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="1994-04-01" eId="date-1994-04-01" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="1999-05-01" eId="date-1999-05-01" source="#"/>
</lifecycle>
<analysis source="#">
<restrictions source="#">
<restriction refersTo="#extent-e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-I" refersTo="#extent-e+w+s" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-5" refersTo="#extent-e+w+s" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction refersTo="#period-from-1993-11-30-to-1994-04-01" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-I" refersTo="#period-to-1999-05-01" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-5" refersTo="#period-to-1999-05-01" type="jurisdiction"/>
</restrictions>
<otherAnalysis source=""/>
</analysis>
<temporalData source="#">
<temporalGroup eId="period-to-1999-05-01">
<timeInterval end="#date-1999-05-01" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-1993-11-30-to-1994-04-01">
<timeInterval start="#date-1993-11-30" end="#date-1994-04-01" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
</temporalData>
<references source="#">
<TLCEvent eId="enactment" href="" showAs="EnactmentDate"/>
<TLCLocation eId="extent-e+w+s+ni" href="" showAs="E+W+S+N.I."/>
<TLCLocation eId="extent-e+w+s" href="" showAs="E+W+S"/>
</references>
<proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#">
<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/65/section/5/1993-11-30</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (repealed)</dc:title>
<dc:description> An Act to render unlawful certain kinds of sex discrimination and discrimination on the ground of marriage, and establish a Commission with the function of working towards the elimination of such discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity between men and women generally; and for related purposes.</dc:description>
<dc:date>1979-09-30</dc:date>
<dc:type>text</dc:type>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher>
<dc:modified>2018-10-18</dc:modified>
<dct:valid>1993-11-30</dct:valid>
<ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="1975"/>
<ukm:Number Value="65"/>
<ukm:EnactmentDate Date="1975-11-12"/>
</ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative Date="2008-10-27" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/65/pdfs/ukpga_19750065_en.pdf" Title="Print Version"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="174"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="123"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="51"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="1"/>
</ukm:Statistics>
</proprietary>
</meta>
<body>
<part eId="part-I">
<num>
<b>Part I</b>
</num>
<heading> Discrimination to Which Act Applies</heading>
<section eId="section-5" uk:target="true">
<num>5</num>
<heading> Interpretation.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-5-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>In this Act—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>references to discrimination refer to any discrimination falling within sections 1 to 4; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>references to sex discrimination refer to any discrimination falling within section 1 or 2,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>and related expressions shall be construed accordingly.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>In this Act—</p>
</intro>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-woman" eId="term-woman">woman</term>
” includes a female of any age, and
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-man" eId="term-man">man</term>
” includes a male of any age.
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>A comparison of the cases of persons of different sex or marital status under section 1(1) or 3(1) must be such that the relevant circumstances in the one case are the same, or not materially different, in the other.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</part>
</body>
</act>
</akomaNtoso>