2(1)If the responsible body of a single-sex institution decides to alter its admissions arrangements so that the institution will cease to be a single-sex institution, the body may apply for a transitional exemption order in relation to the institution.E+W+S
(2)A transitional exemption order relating to an institution is an order which, during the period specified in the order as the transitional period, authorises—
(a)sex discrimination by the responsible body of the institution in the arrangements it makes for deciding who is offered admission as a student;
(b)the responsible body, in the circumstances specified in the order, not to admit a person as a student because of the person's sex.
(3)Paragraph 3 applies in relation to the making of a transitional exemption order.
(4)The responsible body of an institution does not contravene this Act, so far as relating to sex discrimination, if —
(a)in accordance with a transitional exemption order, or
(b)pending the determination of an application for a transitional exemption order in relation to the institution,
it does not admit a person as a student because of the person's sex.
(5)The responsible body of an institution does not contravene this Act, so far as relating to sex discrimination, if —
(a)in accordance with a transitional exemption order, or
(b)pending the determination of an application for a transitional exemption order in relation to the institution,
it discriminates in the arrangements it makes for deciding who is offered admission as a student.