(1) For the purposes of section 8, a club shall not be considered to be a discriminating club by reason only that-

(a) if its principal purpose is to cater only for the needs of-

(i) persons of a particular gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religious belief, age, disability, nationality or ethnic or national origin,

(ii) persons who are members of the Traveller community, or

(iii) persons who have no religious belief, it refuses membership to other persons,

(b) it confines access to a membership benefit or privilege to members within the category of a particular gender or age, where-

(i) it is not practicable for members outside the category to enjoy the benefit or privilege at the same time as members within the category, and

(ii) arrangements have been made by the club which offer the same or a reasonably equivalent benefit or privilege both to members within the category and to members outside the category,