Section 21: Mineworkers.

Sex Discrimination Act 1975 · 1975 c.65

This provision is repealed

It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part II: EMPLOYMENT FIELD

REPEALED on 2003-07-19 by Employment Act 1989.
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21(1)

The following shall be substituted for section 124(1) of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (which provides that no female shall be employed below ground at a mine)—

(1) No female shall be employed in a job the duties of which ordinarily require the employee to spend a significant proportion of his time below ground at a mine which is being worked

21(2)

Throughout the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908, for " workman " or " man " there is substituted " worker ", and for "workmen" or "men" there is substituted " workers ".

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