{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-70",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "section/70",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Exclusion of sex discrimination provisions",
  "text": "(1) The relevant sex discrimination provision has no effect in relation to a term of A's that—\n(a) is modified by, or included by virtue of, a sex equality clause or rule, or\n(b) would be so modified or included but for section 69 or Part 2 of Schedule 7.\n(2) Neither of the following is sex discrimination for the purposes of the relevant sex discrimination provision—\n(a) the inclusion in A's terms of a term that is less favourable as referred to in section 66(2)(a);\n(b) the failure to include in A's terms a corresponding term as referred to in section 66(2)(b).\n(3) The relevant sex discrimination provision is, in relation to work of a description given in the first column of the table, the provision referred to in the second column so far as relating to sex.\nDescription of work\nProvision\nEmployment\nSection 39(2)\nAppointment to a personal office\nSection 49(6)\nAppointment to a public office\nSection 50(6)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:05.794452+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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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}