{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-9/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-9/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person (A) does not contravene a provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) by applying in relation to work a requirement to have a particular protected characteristic, if A shows that, having regard to the nature or context of the work—\n(a) it is an occupational requirement,\n(b) the application of the requirement is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim, and\n(c) the person to whom A applies the requirement does not meet it (or A has reasonable grounds for not being satisfied that the person meets it).\n(2) The provisions are—\n(a) section 39(1)(a) or (c) or (2)(b) or (c);\n(b) section 41(1)(b);\n(c) section 44(1)(a) or (c) or (2)(b) or (c);\n(d) section 45(1)(a) or (c) or (2)(b) or (c);\n(e) section 49(3)(a) or (c) or (6)(b) or (c);\n(f) section 50(3)(a) or (c) or (6)(b) or (c);\n(g) section 51(1);\n(h) section 60A(1).\n(3) The references in sub-paragraph (1) to a requirement to have a protected characteristic are to be read—\n(a) in the case of gender reassignment, as references to a requirement not to be a transsexual person (and section 7(3) is accordingly to be ignored);\n(b) in the case of marriage and civil partnership, as references to a requirement not to be married or a civil partner (and section 8(2) is accordingly to be ignored).\n(4) In the case of a requirement to be of a particular sex, sub-paragraph (1) has effect as if in paragraph (c), the words from “(or” to the end were omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 1(2)(h) inserted (1.1.2024) by The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1425), regs. 1(2), 4(6)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/9/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:11.189587+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."
}