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SEX DISCRIMINATION (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 50

50.(1) If an organisation to which Article 15 applies comprises a body the
membership of which is wholly or mainly elected, nothing in Article 15 shall
render unlawful provision which ensures that a minimum number of persons of
one sex are members of the body

(a)by reserving seats on the body for persons of that sex, or

(b)by making extra seats on the body available (by election or co-option or
otherwise) for persons of that sex on occasions when the number of persons of
that sex in the other seats is below the minimum,

(2) This Article shall not be taken as making lawful

(a)discrimination in the arrangements for determining the persons entitled to
vote in an election of members of the body, or otherwise to choose the persons
to serve on the body, or

(b)discrimination in any arrangements concerning membership of the
organisation itself.

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