http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/65/section/76/1993-08-30Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (repealed) An Act to render unlawful certain kinds of sex discrimination and discrimination on the ground of marriage, and establish a Commission with the function of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 Database2018-10-181993-08-30 Part VII Enforcement Period within which proceedings to be brought Period within which proceedings to be brought.761An industrial tribunal shall not consider a complaint under section 63 unless it is presented to the tribunal before the end of the period of three months beginning when the act complained of was done.2A county court or a sheriff court shall not consider a claim under section 66 unless proceedings in respect of the claim are instituted before the end of athe period of six months beginning when the act complained of was done; orbin a case to which section 66(5) applies, the period of eight months so beginning.3An industrial tribunal, county court or sheriff court shall not consider an application under section 72(2)(a) unless it is made before the end of the period of six months beginning when the act to which it relates was done; and a county court or sheriff court shall not consider an application under section 72(4) unless it is made before the end of the period of five years so beginning.4An industrial tribunal shall not consider a complaint under section 73(1) unless it is presented to the tribunal before the end of the period of six months beginning when the act complained of was done.5A court or tribunal may nevertheless consider any such complaint, claim or application which is out of time if, in all the circumstances of the case, it considers that it is just and equitable to do so.6For the purposes of this section—awhere the inclusion of any term in a contract renders the making of the contract an unlawful act that act shall be treated as extending throughout the duration of the contract, andbany act extending over a period shall be treated as done at the end of that period, andca deliberate omission shall be treated as done when the person in question decided upon it,and in the absence of evidence establishing the contrary a person shall be taken for the purposes of this section to decide upon an omission when he does an act inconsistent with doing the omitted act or, if he has done no such inconsistent act, when the period expires within which he might reasonably have been expected to do the omitted act if it was to be done.Words substituted by Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74), Sch. 4 para. 8(a)S. 76(3) substituted by Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74), Sch. 4 para. 8(b)
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