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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-9/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-9/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person does not contravene section 39(1)(a) or (c) or (2)(b) or section 60A(1) by applying in relation to service in the armed forces a relevant requirement if the person shows that the application is a proportionate means of ensuring the combat effectiveness of the armed forces.\n(2) A relevant requirement is—\n(a) a requirement to be a man;\n(b) a requirement not to be a transsexual person.\n(3) This Part of this Act, so far as relating to age or disability, does not apply to service in the armed forces; and section 55, so far as relating to disability, does not apply to work experience in the armed forces.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 4(1) inserted (1.1.2024) by The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1425), regs. 1(2), 4(6)(c)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "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."
}