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SEX DISCRIMINATION (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 35

35.(1) This Article applies to a body

(a)the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit, and

(b)which was not set up by any statutory provision.

(2) Articles 30(1) and 31 shall not be construed as rendering unlawful

(a)the restriction of membership of any such body to persons of one sex
(disregarding any minor exceptions), or

(b)the provision of benefits, facilities or services to members of any such
body where the membership is so restricted,

(3) Nothing in Article 30 or 31 shall

(a)be construed as affecting a provision to which this paragraph applies, or

(b)render unlawful an act which is done in order to give effect to such a
provision.

(4) Paragraph (3) applies to a provision for conferring benefits on persons on
one sex only (disregarding any benefits to persons of the opposite sex which
are exceptional or are relatively insignificant), being a provision which
constitutes the main object of a body within paragraph (1).

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