LegalizeSex Discrimination Act 1975 (repealed)
Part I — Discrimination to Which Act Applies
Discrimination by Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
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Sex discrimination against men
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Discrimination against married persons in employment field
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Discrimination by way of victimisation
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Interpretation
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Part II — EMPLOYMENT FIELD
Discrimination by employers
Discrimination against applicants and employees
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Exception where sex is a genuine occupational qualification
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Equal Pay Act 1970
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Discrimination against contract workers
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Meaning of employment at establishment in Great Britain
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Discrimination by other bodies
Partnerships
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Trade unions etc.
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Qualifying bodies
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Vocational training bodies
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Employment agencies
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Manpower Services Commission etc.
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Special case
Police
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Prison officers
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Ministers of religion etc.
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Midwives
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Mineworkers
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Part III — Discrimination in Other Fields
Education
Discrimination by bodies in charge of educational establishments
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Other discrimination by local education authorities
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Designated establishments
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General duty in public sector of education
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Exception for single-sex establishments
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Exception for single-sex establishments turning coeducational
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Exception for physical training
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Goods, facilities, services and premises
Discrimination in provision of goods, facilities or services
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Discrimination in disposal or management of premises
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Discrimination: consent for assignment or sub-letting
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Exception for small dwellings
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Exception for political parties
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Exception for voluntary bodies
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Further exceptions from ss. 29(1) and 30
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Extent
Extent of Part III
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Part IV — Other Unlawful Acts
Discriminatory practices
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Discriminatory advertisements
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Instructions to discriminate
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Pressure to discriminate
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Liability of employers and principals
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Aiding unlawful acts
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Part V — General Exceptions from Parts II to IV
Charities
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Sport etc.
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Nothing in Parts II to IV shall, in relation to any sport, game or other activity of a competitive nature where the physical strength, stamina or physique of the average woman puts her at a disadvantage to the average man, render unlawful any act related to the participation of a person as a competitor in events involving that activity which are confined to competitors of one sex.
Insurance etc.
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Communal accommodation
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Discriminatory training by certain bodies
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Other discriminatory training etc.
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Trade unions etc.: elective bodies
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Indirect access to benefits etc.
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Acts done under statutory authority
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Acts safeguarding national security
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Part VI — . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Establishment and duties of Commission
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Research and education
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Review of discriminatory provisions in health and safety legislation
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Annual reports
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Investigations
Power to conduct formal investigations
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Terms of reference
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Power to obtain information
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Recommendations and reports on formal investigations
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Restriction on disclosure of information
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Part VII — Enforcement
General
No further sanctions for breach of Act
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Enforcement in employment field
Jurisdiction of industrial tribunals
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Conciliation in employment cases
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Remedies on complaint under section 63
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Enforcement of Part III
Claims under Part III
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Non-discrimination notices
Issue of non-discrimination notice,
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Appeal against non-discrimination notice
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Investigation as to compliance with non-discrimination notice
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Register of non-discrimination notices
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Other enforcement by Commission
Persistent discrimination
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Enforcement of ss. 38 to 40
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Preliminary action in employment cases
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Help for persons suffering discrimination
Help for aggrieved persons in obtaining information etc.
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Assistance by Commission
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Period within which proceedings to be brought
Period within which proceedings to be brought
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Part VIII — Supplemental
Validity and revision of contracts
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Educational charities in England and Wales
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Educational endowments etc. to which Part VI of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962 applies
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Power to amend certain provisions of Act
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Orders
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General interpretation provisions
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Transitional and commencement provisions, amendments and repeals
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Financial provisions
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Application to Crown
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Government appointments outside section 6
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Short title and extent
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SCHEDULE 1
PART I — AMENDMENTS OF ACT
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- (1) In section 1(6), paragraph (b) is repealed and the following is inserted after paragraph (c): " and men shall be treated as in the same employment with a woman if they are men employed by her employer or any associated employer at the same establishment or at establishments in Great Britain which include that one and at which common terms and conditions of employment are observed either generally or for employees of the relevant classes ".
- (2) Section 1(7) is repealed.
- (3) The following is substituted for section 1(8)—
(8) This section shall apply to— (a) service for purposes of a Minister of the Crown or government department, other than service of a person holding a statutory office, or (b) service on behalf of the Crown for purposes of a person holding a statutory office or purposes of a statutory body, as it applies to employment by a private person, and shall so apply as if references to a contract of employment included references to the terms of service. (9) Subsection (8) does not apply in relation to service in— (a) the naval, military or air forces of the Crown, or (b) any women's service administered by the Defence Council. (10) In this section "statutory body" means a body set up by or in pursuance of an enactment, and "statutory office" means an office so set up; and service " for purposes of" a Minister of the Crown or government department does not include service in any office in Schedule 2 (Ministerial offices) to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 as for the time being in force.
- (4) The following subsections are inserted at the end of section 1—
(11) For the purposes of this Act it is immaterial whether the law which (apart from this subsection) is the proper law of a contract is the law of any part of the United Kingdom or not. (12) In this Act "Great Britain" includes such of the territorial waters of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Great Britain. (13) Provisions of this section and section 2 below framed with reference to women and their treatment relative to men are to be read as applying equally in a converse case to men and their treatment relative to women
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- (1) The following is substituted for section 2(1)—
(1) Any claim in respect of the contravention of a term modified or included by virtue of an equality clause, including a claim for arrears of remuneration or damages in respect of the contravention, may be presented by way of a complaint to an industrial tribunal.
- (2) After section 2(1) there is inserted—
(1A) Where a dispute arises in relation to the effect of an equality clause the employer may apply to an industrial tribunal for an order declaring the rights of the employer and the employee in relation to the matter in question.
- (3) In section 2(2)—
- (a) for " failing to comply with their equal pay clauses " there is substituted " contravening a term modified or included by virtue of their equality clauses " , and
- (b) after " the question may be referred by him" there is inserted " as respects all or any of them " , and
- (c) after " claim by the women " there is inserted " or woman ".
- (4) Section 2(6) is repealed.
- (5) In section 2(7), the words " and there shall be paid " onwards are repealed.
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In section 6 the following is substituted for subsection (1)—
(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.
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Section 8 is repealed.
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In section 9(1), the words " Except as provided by subsection (2) below ", and sections 9(2) to (5) and 10(4) are repealed.
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- (1) For references to an equal pay clause in each place where they occur there are substituted references to an equality clause.
- (2) For the words "the Industrial Court", in each place where they occur, there are substituted the words " the Industrial Arbitration Board " ; in sections 4 and 10 for the words " Court " and " Court's " in each place where they occur there are substituted respectively " Board " and " Board's ", and in section 5 for the word " Board " in each place where it occurs there is substituted " Agricultural Wages Board " and for the word " Court" in each place where it occurs there is substituted " Industrial Arbitration Board ".
PART II — ACT AS AMENDED
SCHEDULE 2
Public sector (England and Wales)
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Private sector (England and Wales)
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Public and private sectors (Scotland)
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SCHEDULE 3
Incorporation and status
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Tenure of office of Commissioners
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Tenure of office of chairman and deputy chairmen
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Remuneration of Commissioners
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Additional Commissioners
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Staff
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Proceedings and business
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Finance
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Disqualification Acts
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SCHEDULE 4
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