{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-discrimination-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-53",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1976/1042",
  "legislation_title": "Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-discrimination-northern-ireland-order-1976",
  "path": "article/53",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Acts safeguarding national security, etc.",
  "text": "No act done by any person shall be treated for the purposes of any provision of Parts III to V as unlawfully discriminating if—\n(a) the act is done for the purpose of safeguarding national security or protecting public safety or public order; and\n(b) the doing of the act is justified by that purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1998 NI 21"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1042/article/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:48.935623+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."
}