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EQUAL PAY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 6

1939 c.25

6.[(1) Neither an equality clause nor the provisions of section 3(4) shall
operate in relation to terms

(a)affected by compliance with the laws regulating the employment of women, or

(b)affording special treatment to women in connection with pregnancy or
childbirth.

(1A) An equality clause and those provisions

(a)shall operate in relation to terms relating to membership of an
occupational pension scheme (within the meaning of the Social Security
Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975) so far as those terms relate to any
matter in respect of which the scheme has to conform with the equal access
requirements of Part V of that Order; but

(b)subject to this, shall not operate in relation to terms related to death or
retirement, or to any provision made in connection with death or retirement.]

(2) Any reference in this section to retirement includes retirement, whether
voluntary or not, on grounds of age, length of service or incapacity.

Ss.79 rep. by 1976 NI 15 art.11 sch.1 Pt.I


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