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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-equality-act-2010-age-exceptions-order-2012/article-9",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111525692",
  "legislation_title": "The Equality Act 2010 (Age Exceptions) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-equality-act-2010-age-exceptions-order-2012",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Sport",
  "text": "In section 195 of the Act (general exceptions: sport), after subsection (6) insert—\n“(7) A person does not contravene this Act, so far as relating to age discrimination, only by doing anything in relation to the participation of another as a competitor in an age-banded activity if it is necessary to do so—\n(a) to secure in relation to the activity fair competition or the safety of competitors,\n(b) to comply with the rules of a national or international competition, or\n(c) to increase participation in that activity.\n(8) For the purposes of subsection (7), an age-banded activity is a sport, game or other activity of a competitive nature in circumstances in which the physical or mental strength, agility, stamina, physique, mobility, maturity or manual dexterity of average persons of a particular age group would put them at a disadvantage compared to average persons of another age group as competitors in events involving the activity.”.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111525692/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:33.355609+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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