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Section 24: Designated establishments.

Sex Discrimination Act 1975 · 1975 c. 65View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part III: Discrimination in Other Fields

REPEALED on 2010-10-01 by Equality Act 2010.

The text below is from the dated revised snapshot immediately preceding this status change. It is historical and is not current law. View the historical source.

The Secretary of State may by order designate for the purposes of paragraph 5 of the table in section 22 such establishments of the description mentioned in that paragraph as he thinks fit.

An establishment shall not be designated under subsection (1) unless—

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it is an establishment in respect of which grants are payable out of money provided by Parliament, or
it is assisted by a local authority for the purposesof the Education Act 1996, or
it provides full-time education for persons who have attained the upper limit of compulsory school age (construed in accordance with section 8 of the Education Act 1996) but not the age of nineteen.

A designation under subsection (1) shall remain in force until revoked notwithstanding that the establishment ceases to be within subsection (2).

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