Sex Discrimination Act 1975 · 1975 c.65
Part V: General Exceptions from Parts II to IV
REPEALED on 2010-10-01 by Equality Act 2010.
The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.
Nothing in Parts II to IV shall, in relation to any sport, game or other activity of a competitive nature where the physical strength, stamina or physique of the average woman puts her at a disadvantage to the average man, render unlawful any act related to the participation of a person as a competitor in events involving that activity which are confined to competitors of one sex.
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