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48.—(1) Nothing in Parts III to V shall render unlawful any act done in relation to particular work by[F1 any person] in, or in connection with—
(a)affording women only, or men only, access to facilities for training which would help to fit them for that work, or
(b)encouraging women only, or men only, to take advantage of opportunities for doing that work,
where it[F1 reasonably appears to that person] that at any time within the 12 months immediately preceding the doing of the act there were no persons of the sex in question doing that work in Northern Ireland, or the number of persons of that sex doing the work in Northern Ireland was comparatively small.
(2) Where in relation to particular work it[F1 reasonably appears to that person] that although the condition for the operation of paragraph (1) is not met for the whole of Northern Ireland it is met for an area within Northern Ireland, nothing in Parts III to V shall render unlawful any act done by[F1 that person] in, or in connection with—
(a)affording persons who are of the sex in question, and who appear likely to take up that work in that area, access to facilities for training which would help to fit them for that work, or
(b)encouraging persons of that sex to take advantage of opportunities in the area for doing that work.
(3) Nothing in Parts III to V shall render unlawful any act done by[F1 any person] in, or in connection with, affording persons access to facilities for training which would help to fit them for employment, where it[F1 reasonably appears to that person] that those persons are in special need of training by reason of the period for which they have been discharging domestic or family responsibilities to the exclusion of regular full time employment.
The discrimination in relation to which this paragraph applies may result from confining the training to persons who have been discharging domestic or family responsibilities, or from the way persons are selected for training, or both.
[F1(4) Paragraphs (1) to (3) shall not apply in relation to any discrimination which is rendered unlawful by Article 8.]
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