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  "long_title": "Section 9 of the Race Relations Act 1976 contains an exception to the prohibition on racial discrimination in the field of employment. As originally enacted the section permits racial discrimination when an employer engages a seafarer for employment on a ship and the seafarer applied for the employment, or was engaged, outside Great Britain. The ships in question are ships registered at a port of registry in Great Britain.",
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