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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-54/article-5",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2006/54",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-54",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Prohibition of discrimination",
  "text": "Without prejudice to Article 4, there shall be no direct or indirect discrimination on grounds of sex in occupational social security schemes, in particular as regards:\n(a) the scope of such schemes and the conditions of access to them;\n(b) the obligation to contribute and the calculation of contributions;\n(c) the calculation of benefits, including supplementary benefits due in respect of a spouse or dependants, and the conditions governing the duration and retention of entitlement to benefits.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/54/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:35.447409+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."
}