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Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill

This is the text of the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 17th October 2001.

 
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, are published separately as Bill 28- EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr Secretary Byers has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.

 
  
Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill
 
 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES
Clause 
1. Exclusion of candidate selection from 1975 Act.
2.Exclusion of candidate selection from 1976 Order.
3.Expiry.
4.Short title and extent.
 

 
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