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48.(1) Nothing in Parts III to V shall render unlawful any act done in relation to particular work by a training body 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, (2) Where in relation to particular work it appears to a training body 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 the training body 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 a training body in, or in connection with, affording persons access to facilities for training which would help to fit them for employment, where it appears to the training body 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. (4) In this Article "training body" means (a)a person mentioned in Article 17(2)(a) or (b), or (b)any other person being a person designated for the purposes of this Article in an order made by the Department of Manpower Services,
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