Equality Act 2010

Public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities

(1) An authority to which this section applies must, when making decisions of a strategic nature about how to exercise its functions, have due regard to the…

Power to amend section 1

(1) A Minister of the Crown may by regulations amend section 1 so as to— (a) add a public authority to the authorities that are subject to the duty under…

Enforcement

A failure in respect of a performance of a duty under section 1 does not confer a cause of action at private law.

The protected characteristics

The following characteristics are protected characteristics— age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity…

Age

(1) In relation to the protected characteristic of age— (a) a reference to a person who has a particular protected characteristic is a reference to a person of…

Disability

(1) A person (P) has a disability if— (a) P has a physical or mental impairment, and (b) the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on P's…

Gender reassignment

(1) A person has the protected characteristic of gender reassignment if the person is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process (or part…

Marriage and civil partnership

(1) A person has the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership if the person is married or is a civil partner. (2) In relation to the…

Race

(1) Race includes— (a) colour; (b) nationality; (c) ethnic or national origins. (2) In relation to the protected characteristic of race— (a) a reference to a…

Religion or belief

(1) Religion means any religion and a reference to religion includes a reference to a lack of religion. (2) Belief means any religious or philosophical belief…

Sex

In relation to the protected characteristic of sex— (a) a reference to a person who has a particular protected characteristic is a reference to a man or to a…

Sexual orientation

(1) Sexual orientation means a person's sexual orientation towards— (a) persons of the same sex, (b) persons of the opposite sex, or (c) persons of either sex…

Direct discrimination

(1) A person (A) discriminates against another (B) if, because of a protected characteristic, A treats B less favourably than A treats or would treat others…

Combined discrimination: dual characteristics Prospective

(1) A person (A) discriminates against another (B) if, because of a combination of two relevant protected characteristics, A treats B less favourably than A…

Discrimination arising from disability

(1) A person (A) discriminates against a disabled person (B) if— (a) A treats B unfavourably because of something arising in consequence of B's disability, and…

Gender reassignment discrimination: cases of absence from work

(1) This section has effect for the purposes of the application of Part 5 (work) to the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. (2) A person (A)…

Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: non-work cases

(1) This section has effect for the purposes of the application to the protected characteristic of pregnancy and maternity of— (a) Part 3 (services and public…

Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: work cases

(1) This section has effect for the purposes of the application of Part 5 (work) to the protected characteristic of pregnancy and maternity. (2) A person (A)…

Indirect discrimination

(1) A person (A) discriminates against another (B) if A applies to B a provision, criterion or practice which is discriminatory in relation to a relevant…

Indirect discrimination: same disadvantage

(1) A person (A) discriminates against another (B) if— (a) A applies to B a provision, criterion or practice, (b) A also applies, or would apply, the…

Duty to make adjustments

(1) Where this Act imposes a duty to make reasonable adjustments on a person, this section, sections 21 and 22 and the applicable Schedule apply; and for those…

Failure to comply with duty

(1) A failure to comply with the first, second or third requirement is a failure to comply with a duty to make reasonable adjustments. (2) A discriminates…

Regulations

(1) Regulations may prescribe— (a) matters to be taken into account in deciding whether it is reasonable for A to take a step for the purposes of a prescribed…

Comparison by reference to circumstances

(1) On a comparison of cases for the purposes of section 13, 14, 19 or 19A there must be no material difference between the circumstances relating to each…

Irrelevance of alleged discriminator's characteristics

(1) For the purpose of establishing a contravention of this Act by virtue of section 13(1), it does not matter whether A has the protected characteristic. (2)…

References to particular strands of discrimination

(1) Age discrimination is— (a) discrimination within section 13 because of age; (b) discrimination within section 19 or 19A where the relevant protected…

Harassment

(1) A person (A) harasses another (B) if— (a) A engages in unwanted conduct related to a relevant protected characteristic, and (b) the conduct has the purpose…

Victimisation

(1) A person (A) victimises another person (B) if A subjects B to a detriment because— (a) B does a protected act, or (b) A believes that B has done, or may…

Application of this Part

(1) This Part does not apply to the protected characteristic of— (a) age, so far as relating to persons who have not attained the age of 18; (b) marriage and…

Provision of services, etc

(1) A person (a “service-provider”) concerned with the provision of a service to the public or a section of the public (for payment or not) must not…

Ships and hovercraft

(1) This Part (subject to subsection (2)) applies only in such circumstances as are prescribed in relation to— (a) transporting people by ship or hovercraft…

Interpretation and exceptions

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Part. (2) A reference to the provision of a service includes a reference to the provision of goods or…

Application of this Part

(1) This Part does not apply to the following protected characteristics— (a) age; (b) marriage and civil partnership. (2) This Part does not apply to…

Disposals, etc

(1) A person (A) who has the right to dispose of premises must not discriminate against another (B)— (a) as to the terms on which A offers to dispose of the…

Permission for disposal

(1) A person whose permission is required for the disposal of premises must not discriminate against another by not giving permission for the disposal of the…

Management

(1) A person (A) who manages premises must not discriminate against a person (B) who occupies the premises— (a) in the way in which A allows B, or by not…

Leasehold and commonhold premises and common parts

(1) A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to— (a) a controller of let premises; (b) a controller of premises to let; (c) a commonhold association; (d)…

Adjustments to common parts in Scotland

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations provide that a disabled person is entitled to make relevant adjustments to common parts in relation to premises…

Interpretation and exceptions

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Part. (2) A reference to premises is a reference to the whole or part of the premises. (3) A reference to…

Employees and applicants

(1) An employer (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— (a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding to whom to offer employment; (b) as to the terms…

Employees and applicants: harassment

(1) An employer (A) must not, in relation to employment by A, harass a person (B)— (a) who is an employee of A's; (b) who has applied to A for employment. (2)…

Employer duty to prevent sexual harassment of employees

(1) An employer (A) must take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of employees of A in the course of their employment. (2) “Sexual harassment” in…

Contract workers

(1) A principal must not discriminate against a contract worker— (a) as to the terms on which the principal allows the worker to do the work; (b) by not…

Identity of employer

(1) For the purposes of this Part, holding the office of constable is to be treated as employment— (a) by the chief officer, in respect of any act done by the…

Interpretation

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 42. (2) “Chief officer” means— (a) in relation to an appointment under a relevant Act, the chief officer…

Partnerships

(1) A firm or proposed firm must not discriminate against a person— (a) in the arrangements it makes for deciding to whom to offer a position as a partner; (b)…

Limited liability partnerships

(1) An LLP or proposed LLP must not discriminate against a person— (a) in the arrangements it makes for deciding to whom to offer a position as a member; (b)…

Interpretation

(1) This section applies for the purposes of sections 44 and 45. (2) “Partnership” and “firm” have the same meaning as in the Partnership Act 1890. (3)…

Barristers

(1) A barrister (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— (a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding to whom to offer a pupillage or tenancy; (b) as to…

Advocates

(1) An advocate (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— (a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to take as A's devil or to whom to offer…

Personal offices: appointments, etc

(1) This section applies in relation to personal offices. (2) A personal office is an office or post— (a) to which a person is appointed to discharge a…

Public offices: appointments, etc

(1) This section and section 51 apply in relation to public offices. (2) A public office is— (a) an office or post, appointment to which is made by a member of…

Public offices: recommendations for appointments, etc

(1) A person (A) who has the power to make a recommendation for or give approval to an appointment to a public office within section 50(2)(a), (b) or (d), must…

Interpretation and exceptions

(1) This section applies for the purposes of sections 49 to 51. (2) “Personal office” has the meaning given in section 49. (3) “Public office” has the meaning…

Qualifications bodies

(1) A qualifications body (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— (a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding upon whom to confer a relevant…

Interpretation

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 53. (2) A qualifications body is an authority or body which can confer a relevant qualification. (3) A…

Employment service-providers

(1) A person (an “employment service-provider”) concerned with the provision of an employment service must not discriminate against a person— (a) in the…

Interpretation

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 55. (2) The provision of an employment service includes— (a) the provision of vocational training; (b) the…

Trade organisations

— s. 57 — Trade organisations (1) A trade organisation (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— (a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding to whom to…

Official business of members

(1) A local authority must not discriminate against a member of the authority in relation to the member's carrying out of official business— (a) in the way the…

Interpretation

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 58. (2) “Local authority” means— (a) a county council in England; (b) a district council in England; (c)…

Enquiries about disability and health

(1) A person (A) to whom an application for work is made must not ask about the health of the applicant (B)— (a) before offering work to B, or (b) where A is…

Discriminatory statements

(1) A person (A) must not make a discriminatory statement in connection with a relevant decision that A makes or might make. (2) References in this section to…

Non-discrimination rule

(1) An occupational pension scheme must be taken to include a non-discrimination rule. (2) A non-discrimination rule is a provision by virtue of which a…

Non-discrimination alterations

(1) This section applies if the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme do not have power to make non-discrimination alterations to the scheme…

Communications

(1) In their application to communications the following provisions apply in relation to a disabled person who is a pension credit member of an occupational…

Relevant types of work

(1) Sections 66 to 70 apply where— (a) a person (A) is employed on work that is equal to the work that a comparator of the opposite sex (B) does; (b) a person…

Equal work

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, A's work is equal to that of B if it is— (a) like B's work, (b) rated as equivalent to B's work, or (c) of equal value to…

Sex equality clause

(1) If the terms of A's work do not (by whatever means) include a sex equality clause, they are to be treated as including one. (2) Where this section applies…

Sex equality rule

(1) If an occupational pension scheme does not include a sex equality rule, it is to be treated as including one. (2) Where this section applies by virtue of…

Sex equality rule: consequential alteration of schemes

(1) This section applies if the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme do not have power to make sex equality alterations to the scheme. (2)…

Defence of material factor

(1) The sex equality clause in A's terms has no effect in relation to a difference between A's terms and B's terms if the responsible person shows that the…

Exclusion of sex discrimination provisions

(1) The relevant sex discrimination provision has no effect in relation to a term of A's that— (a) is modified by, or included by virtue of, a sex equality…

Sex discrimination in relation to contractual pay

(1) This section applies in relation to a term of a person's work— (a) that relates to pay, but (b) in relation to which a sex equality clause or rule has no…

Relevant types of work

Sections 73 to 76 apply where a woman— (a) is employed, or (b) holds a personal or public office.

Maternity equality clause

(1) If the terms of the woman's work do not (by whatever means) include a maternity equality clause, they are to be treated as including one. (2) A maternity…

Maternity equality clause: pay

(1) A term of the woman's work that provides for maternity-related pay to be calculated by reference to her pay at a particular time is, if each of the…

Maternity equality rule

(1) If an occupational pension scheme does not include a maternity equality rule, it is to be treated as including one. (2) A maternity equality rule is a…

Exclusion of pregnancy and maternity discrimination provisions

(1) The relevant pregnancy and maternity discrimination provision has no effect in relation to a term of the woman's work that is modified by a maternity…

Discussions about pay

(1) A term of a person's work that purports to prevent or restrict the person (P) from disclosing or seeking to disclose information about the terms of P's…

Gender pay gap information

(1) Regulations may require employers to publish information relating to the pay of employees for the purpose of showing whether, by reference to factors of…

Equality action plans

— s. 78A — Equality action plans (1) Regulations may require employers to— (a) develop and publish a plan (an “equality action plan”) showing the steps that…

Comparators

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter. (2) If A is employed, B is a comparator if subsection (3), (4), (4A) or (4B) applies. (3) This…

Interpretation and exceptions

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter. (2) The terms of a person's work are— (a) if the person is employed, the terms of the person's…

Ships and hovercraft

(1) This Part applies in relation to— (a) work on ships, (b) work on hovercraft, and (c) seafarers, only in such circumstances as are prescribed. (2) For the…

Offshore work

(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that in the case of persons in offshore work— (a) specified provisions of this Part apply (with or without…

Interpretation and exceptions

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Part. (2) “Employment” means— (a) employment under a contract of employment, a contract of apprenticeship or…

Application of this Chapter

This Chapter does not apply to the following protected characteristics— (a) age; (b) marriage and civil partnership.

Pupils: admission and treatment, etc

(1) The responsible body of a school to which this section applies must not discriminate against a person— (a) in the arrangements it makes for deciding who is…

Victimisation of pupils, etc. for conduct of parents, etc

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 27 in its application to section 85(4) or (5). (2) The references to B in paragraphs (a) and (b) of…

Application of enforcement powers under education legislation

(A1) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in the case of a school in Wales. (1) Sections 496 and 497 of the Education Act 1996 (powers to give directions where…

Disabled pupils: accessibility

Schedule 10 (accessibility) has effect.

Interpretation and exceptions

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter. (2) Nothing in this Chapter applies to anything done in connection with the content of the…

Application of this Chapter

This Chapter does not apply to the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership.

Students: admission and treatment, etc

(1) The responsible body of an institution to which this section applies must not discriminate against a person— (a) in the arrangements it makes for deciding…

Further and higher education courses

(1) The responsible body in relation to a course to which this section applies must not discriminate against a person— (a) in the arrangements it makes for…

Recreational or training facilities

(1) The responsible body in relation to facilities to which this section applies must not discriminate against a person— (a) in the arrangements it makes for…

Interpretation and exceptions

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter. (2) Nothing in this Chapter applies to anything done in connection with the content of the…

Application of this Chapter

This Chapter does not apply to the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership.

Qualifications bodies

(1) A qualifications body (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— (a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding upon whom to confer a relevant…

Interpretation

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 96. (2) A qualifications body is an authority or body which can confer a relevant qualification. (3) A…

Reasonable adjustments

Schedule 13 (reasonable adjustments) has effect.

Educational charities and endowments

Schedule 14 (educational charities and endowments) has effect.

Application of this Part

(1) This Part does not apply to the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership. (2) This Part does not apply to discrimination, harassment or…

Members and associates

(1) An association (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— (a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to admit to membership; (b) as to the terms…

Guests

(1) An association (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— (a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to invite, or who to permit to be invited…

Sections 101 and 102: further provision

(1) A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to an association. (2) In the application of section 26 for the purposes of section 101(4) or 102(3), neither…

Selection of candidates

(1) This section applies to an association which is a registered political party. (2) A person does not contravene this Part only by acting in accordance with…

Time-limited provision

(1) Section 104(7) and the words “, subject to subsection (7),” in section 104(3)(c) are repealed at the end of 2030 unless an order is made under subsection…

Information about diversity in range of candidates, etc Prospective

(1) This section applies to an association which is a registered political party. (2) If the party had candidates at a relevant election, the party must, in…

Interpretation and exceptions

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Part. (2) An “association” is an association of persons— (a) which has at least 25 members, and (b) admission…

Relationships that have ended

(1) A person (A) must not discriminate against another (B) if— (a) the discrimination arises out of and is closely connected to a relationship which used to…

Liability of employers and principals

(1) Anything done by a person (A) in the course of A's employment must be treated as also done by the employer. (2) Anything done by an agent for a principal…

Liability of employees and agents

(1) A person (A) contravenes this section if— (a) A is an employee or agent, (b) A does something which, by virtue of section 109(1) or (2), is treated as…

Instructing, causing or inducing contraventions

(1) A person (A) must not instruct another (B) to do in relation to a third person (C) anything which contravenes Part 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 or section 108(1) or (2)…

Aiding contraventions

(1) A person (A) must not knowingly help another (B) to do anything which contravenes Part 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 or section 108(1) or (2) or 111 (a basic…

Proceedings

(1) Proceedings relating to a contravention of this Act must be brought in accordance with this Part. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to proceedings under…

Jurisdiction

(1) The county court or, in Scotland, the sheriff has jurisdiction to determine a claim relating to— (a) a contravention of Part 3 (services and public…

Immigration cases

(1) A claim is within this section if it relates to the act of an immigration authority in taking a relevant decision and— (a) the question whether the act is…

Education cases

(1) A claim is within this section if it may be made to— (a) the First-tier Tribunal in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 17, (b) the Education Tribunal for…

National security

(1) Rules of court may, in relation to proceedings on a claim within section 114, confer power as mentioned in subsections (2) to (4); but a power so conferred…

Time limits

(1) Subject to section 140AA proceedings on a claim within section 114 may not be brought after the end of— (a) the period of 6 months starting with the date…

Remedies

(1) This section applies if the county court or the sheriff finds that there has been a contravention of a provision referred to in section 114(1). (2) The…

Jurisdiction

(1) An employment tribunal has, subject to section 121, jurisdiction to determine a complaint relating to— (a) a contravention of Part 5 (work); (b) a…

Armed forces cases

(1) Section 120(1) does not apply to a complaint relating to an act done when the complainant was serving as a member of the armed forces unless— (a) the…

References by court to tribunal, etc

(1) If it appears to a court in which proceedings are pending that a claim or counter-claim relating to a non-discrimination rule could more conveniently be…

Time limits

(1) Subject to section 140B proceedings on a complaint within section 120 may not be brought after the end of— (a) the period of 6 months starting with the…

Remedies: general

(1) This section applies if an employment tribunal finds that there has been a contravention of a provision referred to in section 120(1). (2) The tribunal…

Remedies: compensation uplift in sexual harassment cases

(1) This section applies where— (a) an employment tribunal has found that there has been a contravention of section 40 (harassment of employees) which…

Remedies: occupational pension schemes

(1) This section applies if an employment tribunal finds that there has been a contravention of a provision referred to in section 120(1) in relation to— (a)…

Jurisdiction

(1) An employment tribunal has, subject to subsection (6), jurisdiction to determine a complaint relating to a breach of an equality clause or rule. (2) The…

References by court to tribunal, etc

(1) If it appears to a court in which proceedings are pending that a claim or counter-claim relating to an equality clause or rule could more conveniently be…

Time limits

(1) This section applies to— (a) a complaint relating to a breach of an equality clause or rule; (b) an application for a declaration referred to in section…

Section 129: supplementary

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 129. (2) A standard case is a case which is not— (a) a stable work case, (b) a concealment case, (c) an…

Assessment of whether work is of equal value

(1) This section applies to proceedings before an employment tribunal on— (a) a complaint relating to a breach of an equality clause or rule, or (b) a question…

Remedies in non-pensions cases

(1) This section applies to proceedings before a court or employment tribunal on a complaint relating to a breach of an equality clause, other than a breach…

Remedies in pensions cases

(1) This section applies to proceedings before a court or employment tribunal on a complaint relating to— (a) a breach of an equality rule, or (b) a breach of…

Remedies in claims for arrears brought by pensioner members

(1) This section applies to proceedings before a court or employment tribunal on a complaint by a pensioner member of an occupational pension scheme relating…

Supplementary

(1) This section applies for the purposes of sections 132 to 134. (2) A standard case is a case which is not— (a) a concealment case, (b) an incapacity case…

Burden of proof

(1) This section applies to any proceedings relating to a contravention of this Act. (2) If there are facts from which the court could decide, in the absence…

Previous findings

(1) A finding in relevant proceedings in respect of an act which has become final is to be treated as conclusive in proceedings under this Act. (2) Relevant…

Interest

(1) Regulations may make provision— (a) for enabling an employment tribunal to include interest on an amount awarded by it in proceedings under this Act; (b)…

Equal pay audits

(1) Regulations may make provision requiring an employment tribunal to order the respondent to carry out an equal pay audit in any case where the tribunal…

Conduct giving rise to separate proceedings

(1) This section applies in relation to conduct which has given rise to two or more separate proceedings under this Act, with at least one being for a…

Extension of time limits because of alternative dispute resolution in certain consumer contract disputes

(1) In this section— “ADR” has the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 4 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024; “ADR entity” means a…

Extension of time limits to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings

(1) This section applies where a time limit is set by section 123(1)(a) or 129(3) or (4). ... (2) In this section— (a) Day A is the day on which the…

Interpretation, etc

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Part. (2) A reference to the responsible person, in relation to an equality clause or rule, is to be…

Unenforceable terms

(1) A term of a contract is unenforceable against a person in so far as it constitutes, promotes or provides for treatment of that or another person that is of…

Removal or modification of unenforceable terms

(1) The county court or the sheriff may, on an application by a person who has an interest in a contract or other agreement which includes a term that is…

Contracting out

(1) A term of a contract is unenforceable by a person in whose favour it would operate in so far as it purports to exclude or limit a provision of or made…

Void and unenforceable terms

(1) A term of a collective agreement is void in so far as it constitutes, promotes or provides for treatment of a description prohibited by this Act. (2) A…

Declaration in respect of void term, etc

(1) A qualifying person (P) may make a complaint to an employment tribunal that a term is void, or that a rule is unenforceable, as a result of section 145…

Meaning of “qualifying settlement agreement”

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Part. (2) A qualifying settlement agreement is a contract in relation to which each of the conditions in…

Interpretation

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Part. (2) A reference to treatment of a description prohibited by this Act does not include treatment in so…

Public sector equality duty

— s. 149 — Public sector equality duty (1) A public authority must, in the exercise of its functions, have due regard to the need to— (a) eliminate…

Public authorities and public functions

(1) A public authority is a person who is specified in Schedule 19. (2) In that Schedule— Part 1 specifies public authorities generally; Part 2 specifies…

Power to specify public authorities

(1) A Minister of the Crown may by order amend Part 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 19. (2) The Welsh Ministers may by order amend Part 2 of Schedule 19. (3) The…

Power to specify public authorities: consultation ..

(1) Before making an order under a provision specified in the first column of the Table, a Minister of the Crown must consult the person or persons specified…

Power to impose specific duties

(1) A Minister of the Crown may by regulations impose duties on a public authority specified in Part 1 of Schedule 19 for the purpose of enabling the better…

Power to impose specific duties: cross-border authorities

(1) If a Minister of the Crown exercises the power in section 151(5) to add an entry for a public authority to Part 4 of Schedule 19, the Minister must include…

Power to impose specific duties: supplementary

(1) Regulations under section 153 or 154 may require a public authority to consider such matters as may be specified from time to time by— (a) a Minister of…

Enforcement

A failure in respect of a performance of a duty imposed by or under this Chapter does not confer a cause of action at private law.

Interpretation

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter. (2) A relevant Welsh authority is a devolved Welsh authority (within the meaning given by section…

Positive action: general

(1) This section applies if a person (P) reasonably thinks that— (a) persons who share a protected characteristic suffer a disadvantage connected to the…

Positive action: recruitment and promotion

(1) This section applies if a person (P) reasonably thinks that— (a) persons who share a protected characteristic suffer a disadvantage connected to the…

Taxi accessibility regulations Prospective

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations (in this Chapter referred to as “taxi accessibility regulations”) for securing that it is possible for disabled…

Control of numbers of licensed taxis: exception

(1) This section applies if— (a) an application for a licence in respect of a vehicle is made under section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, (b) it is…

Designated transport facilities Prospective

(1) The appropriate authority may by regulations provide for the application of any taxi provision (with or without modification) to— (a) vehicles used for the…

Taxi licence conditional on compliance with taxi accessibility regulations Prospective

(1) A licence for a taxi to ply for hire must not be granted unless the vehicle conforms with the provisions of taxi accessibility regulations with which a…

Exemption from taxi accessibility regulations Prospective

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for a relevant licensing authority to apply for an order (an “exemption order”) exempting the authority…

Disabled passengers: duties of drivers

(1) This section imposes duties on the driver of a taxi or private hire vehicle which has been hired— (a) by or for a disabled person, or (b) by another person…

Disabled passengers in wheelchairs: duties of drivers of designated vehicles

(1) This section imposes duties on the driver of a designated taxi or designated private hire vehicle which has been hired— (a) by or for a disabled person who…

Disabled passengers: assistance to identify and find vehicle

(1) This section imposes duties on the driver of a private hire vehicle or pre-booked taxi where the following two conditions are met. (2) The first condition…

Disabled passengers: exemption certificates

(1) A licensing authority must issue a person with a certificate exempting the person from the mobility assistance duties (an “exemption certificate”) if…

Lists of wheelchair-accessible vehicles

(1) For the purposes of section 165, a licensing authority must maintain and publish a list of vehicles falling within subsection (2). (2) A vehicle falls…

Disabled passengers: duties of operators of private hire vehicles

(1) The operator of a private hire vehicle commits an offence by failing or refusing to accept a booking for the vehicle if— (a) the booking is requested by or…

Assistance dogs in taxis

(1) This section imposes duties on the driver of a taxi which has been hired— (a) by or for a disabled person who is accompanied by an assistance dog, or (b)…

Assistance dogs in taxis: exemption certificates

(1) A licensing authority must issue a person with a certificate exempting the person from the duties imposed by section 168 (an “exemption certificate”) if…

Assistance dogs in private hire vehicles

(1) The operator of a private hire vehicle commits an offence by failing or refusing to accept a booking for the vehicle— (a) if the booking is requested by or…

Assistance dogs in private hire vehicles: exemption certificates

(1) A licensing authority must issue a driver with a certificate exempting the driver from the offence under section 170(3) (an “exemption certificate”) if…

Appeals

(1) A person who is aggrieved by the refusal of a licensing authority in England and Wales to issue an exemption certificate under section 166, 169 or 171 may…

Interpretation

(1) In this Chapter— “accessibility requirements” has the meaning given in section 167(5); “assistance dog” means— a dog which has been trained to guide a…

PSV accessibility regulations

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations (in this Chapter referred to as “PSV accessibility regulations”) for securing that it is possible for disabled…

Offence of contravening PSV accessibility regulations

(1) A person commits an offence by— (a) contravening a provision of PSV accessibility regulations; (b) using on a road a regulated public service vehicle which…

Accessibility certificates

(1) A regulated public service vehicle must not be used on a road unless— (a) a vehicle examiner has issued a certificate (an “accessibility certificate”) that…

Approval certificates

(1) The Secretary of State may approve a vehicle for the purposes of this section if satisfied that such provisions of PSV accessibility regulations as are…

Special authorisations

(1) The Secretary of State may by order authorise the use on roads of— (a) a regulated public service vehicle of a class or description specified by the order…

Reviews and appeals

(1) Subsection (2) applies if the Secretary of State refuses an application for the approval of a vehicle under section 177(1) and, before the end of the…

Fees

(1) The Secretary of State may charge such fees, payable at such times, as are prescribed in respect of— (a) applications for, and grants of, approval under…

Interpretation

In this Chapter— “accessibility certificate” has the meaning given in section 176(1); “approval certificate” has the meaning given in section 177(4); “PSV…

Information for bus passengers

(1) The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of facilitating travel by disabled persons, make regulations requiring operators of local services to make…

Exemptions etc

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for securing that the provisions of regulations under section 181A do not apply or apply subject…

Guidance

(1) The Secretary of State must issue guidance about the duties imposed on operators of local services by regulations under section 181A. (2) The Secretary of…

Interpretation

(1) In this Chapter— “local service” has the same meaning as in the Transport Act 1985; “public service vehicle” means a vehicle that is a public service…

Rail vehicle accessibility regulations

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations (in this Chapter referred to as “rail vehicle accessibility regulations”) for securing that it is possible for…

Exemptions from rail vehicle accessibility regulations

(1) The Secretary of State may by order (an “exemption order”)— (a) authorise the use for carriage of a regulated rail vehicle even though the vehicle does not…

Annual report on exemption orders

(1) After the end of each calendar year the Secretary of State must prepare a report on— (a) the exercise in that year of the power to make orders under…

Interpretation

(1) In this Chapter— “rail vehicle” and “regulated rail vehicle” have the meaning given in section 182(4); “rail vehicle accessibility regulations” has the…

Forgery, etc

(1) In this section “relevant document” means— (a) an exemption certificate issued under section 166, 169 or 171; (b) a notice of a kind mentioned in section…

Reasonable adjustments

Schedule 21 (reasonable adjustments: supplementary) has effect.

Improvements to let dwelling houses

(1) This section applies in relation to a lease of a dwelling house if each of the following applies— (a) the tenancy is not a protected tenancy, a statutory…

Statutory provisions

Schedule 22 (statutory provisions) has effect.

National security

A person does not contravene this Act only by doing, for the purpose of safeguarding national security, anything it is proportionate to do for that purpose.

Charities

(1) A person does not contravene this Act only by restricting the provision of benefits to persons who share a protected characteristic if— (a) the person acts…

Charities: supplementary

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 193. (2) That section does not apply to race, so far as relating to colour. (3) “Charity”— (a) in relation…

Sport

(1) A person does not contravene this Act, so far as relating to sex, only by doing anything in relation to the participation of another as a competitor in a…

General

exceptions — s. 196 — General Schedule 23 (general exceptions) has effect.

Age

(1) A Minister of the Crown may by order amend this Act to provide that any of the following does not contravene this Act so far as relating to age— (a)…

Abolition of husband's duty to maintain wife Prospective

The rule of common law that a husband must maintain his wife is abolished.

Abolition of presumption of advancement Prospective

(1) The presumption of advancement (by which, for example, a husband is presumed to be making a gift to his wife if he transfers property to her, or purchases…

Amendment of Married Women's Property Act 1964 Prospective

(1) In section 1 of the Married Women's Property Act 1964 (money and property derived from housekeeping allowance made by husband to be treated as belonging to…

Civil partners: housekeeping allowance Prospective

(1) After section 70 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 insert— Money and property derived from housekeeping allowance 70A Section 1 of the Matrimonial Property…

Civil partnerships on religious premises

(1) The Civil Partnership Act 2004 is amended as follows. (2) Omit section 6(1)(b) and (2) (prohibition on use of religious premises for registration of civil…

Crown application

(1) The following provisions of this Act bind the Crown— (a) Part 1 (public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities); (b) Part 3 (services and public…

Information society services

Schedule 25 (information society services) has effect.

Exercise of power

(1) A power to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, unless there is express provision to the contrary. (2)…

Ministers of the Crown, etc

(1) This section applies where the power to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by a Minister of the Crown or the Treasury. (2) A…

The Welsh Ministers

(1) This section applies where the power to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by the Welsh Ministers. (2) A statutory instrument…

The Scottish Ministers

(1) This section applies where the power to make an order, regulations or rules under this Act is exercisable by the Scottish Ministers. (2) A statutory…

Amendments, repeals and revocations

(1) Schedule 26 (amendments) has effect. (2) Schedule 27 (repeals and revocations) has effect.

General interpretation

(1) In this Act— “armed forces” means any of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown; “the Commission” means the Commission for Equality and Human…

References to maternity leave, etc

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Act. (2) A reference to a woman on maternity leave is a reference to a woman on— (a) compulsory maternity…

Index of defined expressions

Schedule 28 lists the places where expressions used in this Act are defined or otherwise explained.

Money

There is to be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the expenses of a Minister of the Crown.

Commencement

(1) The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed— (a) section 186(2) (rail vehicle accessibility: compliance); (b) this Part…

Extent

(1) This Act forms part of the law of England and Wales. (2) This Act, apart from section 190 (improvements to let dwelling houses) and Part 15 (family…

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Equality Act 2010.

Sch. 1 para. 1

Regulations may make provision for a condition of a prescribed description to be, or not to be, an impairment.

Sch. 1 para. 2

(1) The effect of an impairment is long-term if— (a) it has lasted for at least 12 months, (b) it is likely to last for at least 12 months, or (c) it is likely…

Sch. 1 para. 3

(1) An impairment which consists of a severe disfigurement is to be treated as having a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the person concerned to…

Sch. 1 para. 4

Regulations may make provision for an effect of a prescribed description on the ability of a person to carry out normal day-to-day activities to be treated as…

Sch. 1 para. 5

(1) An impairment is to be treated as having a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the person concerned to carry out normal day-to-day activities if—…

Sch. 1 para. 5A

(1) This paragraph has effect for the purposes of the application to the protected characteristic of disability of— (a) Part 5 (work); (b) Part 8 (prohibited…

Sch. 1 para. 6

(1) Cancer, HIV infection and multiple sclerosis are each a disability. (2) HIV infection is infection by a virus capable of causing the Acquired Immune…

Sch. 1 para. 7

(1) Regulations may provide for persons of prescribed descriptions to be treated as having disabilities. (2) The regulations may prescribe circumstances in…

Sch. 1 para. 8

(1) This paragraph applies to a person (P) if— (a) P has a progressive condition, (b) as a result of that condition P has an impairment which has (or had) an…

Sch. 1 para. 9

(1) A question as to whether a person had a disability at a particular time (“the relevant time”) is to be determined, for the purposes of section 6, as if the…

Sch. 1 para. 10

This Part of this Schedule applies in relation to guidance referred to in section 6(5).

Sch. 1 para. 11

The guidance may give examples of— (a) effects which it would, or would not, be reasonable, in relation to particular activities, to regard as substantial…

Sch. 1 para. 12

(1) In determining whether a person is a disabled person, an adjudicating body must take account of such guidance as it thinks is relevant. (2) An adjudicating…

Sch. 1 para. 13

Before issuing the guidance, the Minister must— (a) publish a draft of it; (b) consider any representations made to the Minister about the draft; (c) make such…

Sch. 1 para. 14

(1) If the Minister decides to proceed with proposed guidance, a draft of it must be laid before Parliament. (2) If, before the end of the 40-day period…

Sch. 1 para. 15

The guidance comes into force on the day appointed by order by the Minister.

Sch. 1 para. 16

(1) The Minister may— (a) revise the whole or part of guidance and re-issue it; (b) by order revoke guidance. (2) A reference to guidance includes a reference…

Sch. 2 para. 1

This Schedule applies where a duty to make reasonable adjustments is imposed on A by this Part.

Sch. 2 para. 2

(1) A must comply with the first, second and third requirements. (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the reference in section 20(3), (4) or (5) to a…

Sch. 2 para. 3

(1) This paragraph applies where A is concerned with the provision of a service which involves transporting people by land, air or water. (2) It is never…

Sch. 2 para. 4

(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph 3. (2) A “hire-vehicle” is a vehicle hired (by way of a trade) under a hiring agreement to which…

Sch. 3 para. 1

(1) Section 29 does not apply to the exercise of— (a) a function of Parliament; (b) a function exercisable in connection with proceedings in Parliament. (2)…

Sch. 3 para. 2

(1) Section 29 does not apply to preparing, making or considering— (a) an Act of Parliament; (b) a Bill for an Act of Parliament; (c) an Act of the Scottish…

Sch. 3 para. 3

(1) Section 29 does not apply to— (a) a judicial function; (b) anything done on behalf of, or on the instructions of, a person exercising a judicial function…

Sch. 3 para. 4

(1) Section 29(6), so far as relating to relevant discrimination, does not apply to anything done for the purpose of ensuring the combat effectiveness of the…

Sch. 3 para. 5

Section 29 does not apply to— (a) the Security Service; (b) the Secret Intelligence Service; (c) the Government Communications Headquarters; (d) a part of the…

Sch. 3 para. 6

In its application to a local authority in England and Wales, section 29, so far as relating to age discrimination or religious or belief-related…

Sch. 3 para. 7

In its application to an education authority, section 29, so far as relating to age discrimination or religious or belief-related discrimination, does not…

Sch. 3 para. 8

(1) In its application to a local authority in England and Wales or an education authority, section 29, so far as relating to sex discrimination, does not…

Sch. 3 para. 9

Section 29, so far as relating to age discrimination, does not apply in relation to anything done in connection with— (a) the curriculum of a school, (b)…

Sch. 3 para. 10

(1) Section 29, so far as relating to disability discrimination, does not require a local authority in England or Wales exercising functions under the…

Sch. 3 para. 11

Section 29, so far as relating to religious or belief-related discrimination, does not apply in relation to anything done in connection with— (a) the…

Sch. 3 para. 12

This Part of this Schedule is to be construed in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 6.

Sch. 3 para. 13

(1) A person operating a blood service does not contravene section 29 only by refusing to accept a donation of an individual's blood if— (a) the refusal is…

Sch. 3 para. 14

(1) A service-provider (A) who refuses to provide the service to a pregnant woman does not discriminate against her in contravention of section 29 because she…

Sch. 3 para. 15

A person (A) does not contravene section 29 only by participating in arrangements under which (whether or not for reward) A takes into A's home, and treats as…

Sch. 3 para. 15A

(1) This paragraph applies in relation to age discrimination. (2) Section 29 does not apply to anything done by a relevant person in the exercise of relevant…

Sch. 3 para. 16

(1) This paragraph applies in relation to disability discrimination. (2) Section 29 does not apply to— (a) a decision within sub-paragraph (3); (b) anything…

Sch. 3 para. 17

(1) This paragraph applies in relation to race discrimination so far as relating to— (a) nationality, or (b) ethnic or national origins. (2) Section 29 does…

Sch. 3 para. 18

(1) This paragraph applies in relation to religious or belief-related discrimination. (2) Section 29 does not apply to a decision within sub-paragraph (3) or…

Sch. 3 para. 19

A reference to entry clearance, leave to enter or remain or immigration rules is to be construed in accordance with the Immigration Act 1971.

Sch. 3 para. 20

(1) Section 29 does not apply to the provision of a relevant financial service if the provision is in pursuance of arrangements made by an employer for the…

Sch. 3 para. 20A

(1) A person (A) does not contravene section 29, so far as relating to age discrimination, by doing anything in connection with the provision of a financial…

Sch. 3 para. 21

(1) It is not a contravention of section 29, so far as relating to disability discrimination, to do anything in connection with insurance business if— (a) that…

Sch. 3 para. 23

(1) It is not a contravention of section 29, so far as relating to relevant discrimination, to do anything in connection with insurance business in relation to…

Sch. 3 para. 24

(1) A person does not contravene section 29, so far as relating to gender reassignment discrimination, only because of anything done in reliance on section 5B…

Sch. 3 para. 25

(1) An approved celebrant (A) does not contravene section 29, so far as relating to gender reassignment discrimination, only by refusing to solemnise the…

Marriage according to religious rites: no compulsion to solemnize etc

(1) A person does not contravene section 29 only because the person— (a) does not conduct a relevant marriage, (b) is not present at, does not carry out, or…

No compulsion for religious organisations or persons acting on their behalf to act in relation to civil partnerships

(1) A protected person does not contravene section 29 only because the person— (a) does not allow religious premises to be used as the place at which two…

Marriage and civil partnership: Scotland

(1) An approved celebrant does not contravene section 29 only by refusing to solemnise a relevant Scottish marriage for the reason that the marriage is the…

Marriage of same sex couples: Scottish forces marriages

(1) A chaplain does not contravene section 29 only by refusing to solemnise a relevant Scottish forces marriage according to religious rites or usages for the…

Sch. 3 para. 26

(1) A person does not contravene section 29, so far as relating to sex discrimination, by providing separate services for persons of each sex if— (a) a joint…

Sch. 3 para. 27

(1) A person does not contravene section 29, so far as relating to sex discrimination, by providing a service only to persons of one sex if— (a) any of the…

Sch. 3 para. 28

(1) A person does not contravene section 29, so far as relating to gender reassignment discrimination, only because of anything done in relation to a matter…

Sch. 3 para. 29

(1) A minister does not contravene section 29, so far as relating to sex discrimination, by providing a service only to persons of one sex or separate services…

Sch. 3 para. 30

If a service is generally provided only for persons who share a protected characteristic, a person (A) who normally provides the service for persons who share…

Sch. 3 para. 30A

(1) A person does not contravene section 29, so far as relating to age discrimination, by giving a concession in respect of a service to persons of a…

Sch. 3 para. 30B

(1) A person (P) does not contravene section 29, so far as relating to age discrimination, by providing a relevant holiday service to persons of a particular…

Sch. 3 para. 30C

(1) This paragraph applies where a person (P)— (a) provides a service the provision of which is prohibited by or under an enactment to persons under the age…

Sch. 3 para. 30D

(1) A person (A) who is the owner of a protected site does not contravene section 29, so far as relating to age discrimination, by— (a) entering into a mobile…

Sch. 3 para. 31

(1) Section 29 does not apply to the provision of a content service (within the meaning given by section 32(7) of the Communications Act 2003). (2)…

Sch. 3 para. 32

This Part of this Schedule applies in relation to disability discrimination.

Sch. 3 para. 33

(1) Section 29 does not apply to— (a) transporting people by air; (b) a service provided on a vehicle for transporting people by air. (2) Section 29 does not…

Sch. 3 para. 34

(1) Section 29 does not apply to transporting people by land, unless the vehicle concerned is— (a) a hire-vehicle designed and constructed for the carriage of…

Sch. 3 para. 34A

Section 29 does not apply to anything governed by Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail…

Sch. 3 para. 35

(1) A Minister of the Crown may by order amend this Schedule— (a) so as to add, vary or omit an exception to section 29, so far as relating to disability…

Sch. 4 para. 1

This Schedule applies where a duty to make reasonable adjustments is imposed on A by this Part.

Sch. 4 para. 2

(1) This paragraph applies where A is a controller of let premises. (2) A must comply with the first and third requirements. (3) For the purposes of this…

Sch. 4 para. 3

(1) This paragraph applies where A is a controller of premises to let. (2) A must comply with the first and third requirements. (3) For the purposes of this…

Sch. 4 para. 4

(1) This paragraph applies where A is a commonhold association; and the reference to a commonhold association is a reference to the association in its capacity…

Sch. 4 para. 5 Prospective

(1) This paragraph applies where A is a responsible person in relation to common parts. (2) A must comply with the second requirement. (3) For the purposes of…

Sch. 4 para. 6 Prospective

(1) In deciding whether it is reasonable to take a step for the purposes of paragraph 5, A must consult all persons A thinks would be affected by the step. (2)…

Sch. 4 para. 7 Prospective

(1) If A decides that it is reasonable to take a step for the purposes of paragraph 5, A and the disabled person must agree in writing the rights and…

Sch. 4 para. 8

(1) This paragraph applies where the relevant disabled person comes within paragraph 2(4)(b), 4(4)(b) or 5(4)(c). (2) A must not, because of costs incurred in…

Sch. 4 para. 9

(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of section 36 and this Schedule. (2) Regulations may make provision as to— (a) circumstances in which premises are…

Sch. 5 para. 1

(1) This paragraph applies to the private disposal of premises by an owner-occupier. (2) A disposal is a private disposal only if the owner-occupier does not—…

Sch. 5 para. 2

(1) Section 36(1)(a) does not apply if— (a) the premises are, or have been, the only or main home of a person by whom they are let, and (b) since entering into…

Sch. 5 para. 3

(1) This paragraph applies to anything done by a person in relation to the disposal, occupation or management of part of small premises if— (a) the person or a…

Sch. 5 para. 4

(1) Section 36(1) does not apply if— (a) the premises in question are small premises, (b) the relevant person or a relative of that person resides, and intends…

Sch. 5 para. 5

A Minister of the Crown may by order amend paragraph 3 or 4.

Sch. 6 para. 1

(1) An office or post is not a personal or public office in so far as one or more of the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)— (a) applies in relation to…

Sch. 6 para. 2

(1) An office or post is not a personal or public office if it is a political office. (2) A political office is an office or post set out in the second column…

Sch. 6 para. 3

A life peerage (within the meaning of the Life Peerages Act 1958), or any other dignity or honour conferred by the Crown, is not a personal or public office.

Sch. 6 para. 4

The office of diocesan or suffragan bishop is not a public office.

Sch. 7 para. 1

Neither a sex equality clause nor a maternity equality clause has effect in relation to terms of work affected by compliance with laws regulating— (a) the…

Sch. 7 para. 2

A sex equality clause does not have effect in relation to terms of work affording special treatment to women in connection with pregnancy or childbirth.

Sch. 7 para. 3

(1) A sex equality rule does not have effect in relation to a difference as between men and women in the effect of a relevant matter if the difference is…

Sch. 7 para. 4

(1) This paragraph applies where a man and a woman are eligible, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, to receive different amounts by way of pension…

Sch. 7 para. 5

(1) A difference as between men and women is permitted if it consists of applying to the calculation of the employer's contributions to an occupational pension…

Sch. 7 para. 6

(1) Regulations may amend this Part of this Schedule so as to add, vary or omit provision about cases where a difference as between men and women in the effect…

Sch. 8 para. 1

This Schedule applies where a duty to make reasonable adjustments is imposed on A by this Part of this Act.

Sch. 8 para. 2

(1) A must comply with the first, second and third requirements. (2) For the purposes of this paragraph— (a) the reference in section 20(3) to a provision…

Sch. 8 para. 3

(1) This paragraph applies if a duty to make reasonable adjustments is imposed on A by section 55 (except where the employment service which A provides is the…

Sch. 8 para. 4

An interested disabled person is a disabled person who, in relation to a relevant matter, is of a description specified in the second column of the applicable…

Sch. 8 para. 5

(1) This paragraph applies where A is an employer. Relevant matter Description of disabled person Deciding to whom to offer employment. A person who is, or has…

Sch. 8 para. 6

(1) This paragraph applies where A is a principal. Relevant matter Description of disabled person Contract work that A may make available. A person who is, or…

Sch. 8 para. 7

(1) This paragraph applies where A is a firm or a proposed firm. Relevant matter Description of disabled person Deciding to whom to offer a position as a…

Sch. 8 para. 8

(1) This paragraph applies where A is an LLP or a proposed LLP. Relevant matter Description of disabled person Deciding to whom to offer a position as a…

Sch. 8 para. 9

This paragraph applies where A is a barrister or barrister's clerk. Relevant matter Description of disabled person Deciding to whom to offer a pupillage or…

Sch. 8 para. 10

This paragraph applies where A is an advocate or advocate's clerk. Relevant matter Description of disabled person Deciding who to offer to take as a devil or…

Sch. 8 para. 11

This paragraph applies where A is a person who has the power to make an appointment to a personal or public office. Relevant matter Description of disabled…

Sch. 8 para. 12

This paragraph applies where A is a relevant person in relation to a personal or public office. Relevant matter Description of disabled person Appointment to…

Sch. 8 para. 13

This paragraph applies where A is a person who has the power to make a recommendation for, or give approval to, an appointment to a public office. Relevant…

Sch. 8 para. 14

In relation to the second requirement in a case within paragraph 11, 12 or 13, the reference in paragraph 2(2)(b) to premises occupied by A is to be read as a…

Sch. 8 para. 15

(1) This paragraph applies where A is a qualifications body. Relevant matter Description of disabled person Deciding upon whom to confer a relevant…

Sch. 8 para. 16

This paragraph applies where— (a) A is an employment service-provider, and (b) the employment service which A provides is vocational training within the…

Sch. 8 para. 17

This paragraph applies where A is a trade organisation. Relevant matter Description of disabled person Deciding to whom to offer membership of the…

Sch. 8 para. 18

(1) This paragraph applies where A is a local authority. Relevant matter Description of disabled person A member's carrying-out of official business. The…

Sch. 8 para. 19

This paragraph applies where A is, in relation to an occupational pension scheme, a responsible person within the meaning of section 61. Relevant matter…

Sch. 8 para. 20

(1) A is not subject to a duty to make reasonable adjustments if A does not know, and could not reasonably be expected to know— (a) in the case of an applicant…

Sch. 9 para. 1

(1) A person (A) does not contravene a provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) by applying in relation to work a requirement to have a particular protected…

Sch. 9 para. 2

(1) A person (A) does not contravene a provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) by applying in relation to employment a requirement to which sub-paragraph (4)…

Sch. 9 para. 3

A person (A) with an ethos based on religion or belief does not contravene a provision mentioned in paragraph 1(2) by applying in relation to work a…

Sch. 9 para. 4

(1) A person does not contravene section 39(1)(a) or (c) or (2)(b) or section 60A(1) by applying in relation to service in the armed forces a relevant…

Sch. 9 para. 5

(1) A person (A) does not contravene section 55(1) or (2) or section 60A(1) if A shows that A's treatment of another person relates only to work the offer of…

Sch. 9 para. 6

(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule. (2) A reference to contravening a provision of this Act is a reference to…

Sch. 9 para. 7

For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, a reference to an age contravention is a reference to a contravention of this Part of this Act, so far as…

Sch. 9 para. 10

(1) It is not an age contravention for a person (A) to put a person (B) at a disadvantage when compared with another (C), in relation to the provision of a…

Sch. 9 para. 11

(1) It is not an age contravention for a person to pay a young worker (A) at a lower rate than that at which the person pays an older worker (B) if— (a) the…

Sch. 9 para. 12

(1) It is not an age contravention for a person to pay an apprentice who does not qualify for the national minimum wage at a lower rate than the person pays an…

Sch. 9 para. 13

(1) It is not an age contravention for a person to give a qualifying employee an enhanced redundancy payment of an amount less than that of an enhanced…

Sch. 9 para. 14

(1) It is not an age contravention for an employer to make arrangements for, or afford access to, the provision of insurance or a related financial service to…

Sch. 9 para. 15

(1) A person does not contravene a relevant provision, so far as relating to age, only by providing, or making arrangements for or facilitating the provision…

Sch. 9 para. 16

(1) A Minister of the Crown may by order provide that it is not an age contravention for an employer to maintain or use, with respect to contributions to…

Sch. 9 para. 17

(1) A person does not contravene section 39(1)(b) or (2), so far as relating to pregnancy and maternity, by depriving a woman who is on maternity leave of any…

Sch. 9 para. 18

(1) A person does not contravene this Part of this Act, so far as relating to sexual orientation, by doing anything which prevents or restricts a person who is…

Sch. 9 para. 19

(1) A does not contravene a provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) in relation to the provision of a benefit, facility or service to B if A is concerned with…

Sch. 9 para. 20

(1) It is not a contravention of this Part of this Act, so far as relating to relevant discrimination, to do anything in relation to an annuity, life insurance…

Sch. 10 para. 1

(1) A local authority in England and Wales must, in relation to schools for which it is the responsible body, prepare— (a) an accessibility strategy; (b)…

Sch. 10 para. 2

(1) In preparing its accessibility strategy, a local authority must have regard to— (a) the need to allocate adequate resources for implementing the strategy…

Sch. 10 para. 3

(1) The responsible body of a school in England and Wales must prepare— (a) an accessibility plan; (b) further such plans at such times as may be prescribed…

Sch. 10 para. 4

(1) In preparing an accessibility plan, the responsible body must have regard to the need to allocate adequate resources for implementing the plan. (2) The…

Sch. 10 para. 5

(1) This sub-paragraph applies if the appropriate authority is satisfied (whether or not on a complaint) that a responsible body— (a) has acted or is proposing…

Sch. 10 para. 6

(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule. (2) Regulations may prescribe services which are, or are not, to be regarded as being— (a)…

Sch. 11 para. 1

(1) Section 85(1), so far as relating to sex, does not apply in relation to a single-sex school. (2) A single-sex school is a school which— (a) admits pupils…

Sch. 11 para. 2

(1) Section 85(1), so far as relating to sex, does not apply in relation to admission as a boarder to a school to which this paragraph applies. (2) Section…

Sch. 11 para. 3

(1) If the responsible body of a single-sex school decides to alter its admissions arrangements so that the school will cease to be a single-sex school, the…

Sch. 11 para. 4

(1) In the case of a maintained school within the meaning given by section 32 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, a transitional exemption order may be…

Sch. 11 para. 5

Section 85(1) and (2)(a) to (d), so far as relating to religion or belief, does not apply in relation to— (a) a school designated under section 68A or 69(3) of…

Sch. 11 para. 6

Section 85(2)(a) to (d), so far as relating to religion or belief, does not apply in relation to anything done in connection with acts of worship or other…

Sch. 11 para. 7

(1) A Minister of the Crown may by order amend this Part of this Schedule— (a) so as to add, vary or omit an exception to section 85; (b) so as to make…

Sch. 11 para. 8

(1) A person does not contravene section 85(1), so far as relating to disability, only by applying a permitted form of selection. (2) In relation to England…

Sch. 12 para. 1

(1) Section 91(1), so far as relating to sex, does not apply in relation to a single-sex institution. (2) A single-sex institution is an institution to which…

Sch. 12 para. 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…

Sch. 12 para. 3

(1) In the case of a single-sex institution— (a) its responsible body may submit to the Commission an application for the making of a transitional exemption…

Sch. 12 para. 4

A person (P) does not contravene section 91(1) or (2) if P shows that P's treatment of another person relates only to training that would help fit that other…

Sch. 12 para. 5

(1) The responsible body of an institution which is designated for the purposes of this paragraph does not contravene section 91(1), so far as relating to…

Sch. 12 para. 6

A person does not contravene section 91, so far as relating to sexual orientation, by providing married persons and civil partners (to the exclusion of all…

Sch. 12 para. 7

(1) A person does not contravene section 91(2)(b) or (d), so far as relating to age, only by providing, or making arrangements for or facilitating the…

Sch. 13 para. 1

This Schedule applies where a duty to make reasonable adjustments is imposed on A by this Part.

Sch. 13 para. 2

(1) This paragraph applies where A is the responsible body of a school to which section 85 applies. (2) A must comply with the first and third requirements…

Sch. 13 para. 3

(1) This paragraph applies where A is the responsible body of an institution to which section 91 applies. (2) A must comply with the first, second and third…

Sch. 13 para. 4

(1) An interested disabled person is a disabled person who, in relation to a relevant matter specified in the first column of the table, is of a description…

Sch. 13 para. 5

(1) This paragraph applies where A is the responsible body in relation to a course to which section 92 applies. (2) A must comply with the first, second and…

Sch. 13 para. 6

(1) This paragraph applies where A is the responsible body in relation to facilities to which section 93 applies. (2) A must comply with the first, second and…

Sch. 13 para. 7

In deciding whether it is reasonable for A to have to take a step for the purpose of complying with the first, second or third requirement, A must have regard…

Sch. 13 para. 8

(1) This paragraph applies if a person has made a confidentiality request of which A is aware. (2) In deciding whether it is reasonable for A to have to take a…

Sch. 13 para. 9

(1) This paragraph applies where A is a qualifications body for the purposes of section 96. (2) Paragraphs 3 and 4(1), so far as relating to qualifications…

Sch. 14 para. 1

(1) This paragraph applies to a trust deed or other instrument— (a) which concerns property applicable for or in connection with the provision of education in…

Sch. 14 para. 2

(1) This paragraph applies to an educational endowment— (a) to which section 104 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 applies, and (b) which in any way…

Sch. 15 para. 1

This Schedule applies where a duty to make reasonable adjustments is imposed on an association (A) by this Part.

Sch. 15 para. 2

(1) A must comply with the first, second and third requirements. (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the reference in section 20(3), (4) or (5) to a…

Sch. 16 para. 1

(1) An association does not contravene section 101(1) by restricting membership to persons who share a protected characteristic. (2) An association that…

Sch. 16 para. 1A

(1) An association does not contravene section 101(1) or (2), so far as relating to age discrimination, by giving a concession on admission to membership for—…

Sch. 16 para. 2

(1) An association (A) does not discriminate against a pregnant woman in contravention of section 101(1)(b) because she is pregnant if— (a) the terms on which…

Sch. 17 para. 1

In this Schedule— “the Tribunal” means— in relation to a school in England, the First-tier Tribunal; in relation to a school in Wales, the Education Tribunal…

Sch. 17 para. 2

This Part of this Schedule applies in relation to the English Tribunal and the Welsh Tribunal.

Sch. 17 para. 3

A claim that a responsible body in England has contravened Chapter 1 of Part 6 because of a person's disability may be made — (a) to the English Tribunal by…

Sch. 17 para. 3A

(1) A claim that a responsible body for a school in Wales has contravened Chapter 1 of Part 6 in relation to a person because of disability may be made to the…

Sch. 17 para. 4

(1) Proceedings on a claim may not be brought after the end of the period of 6 months starting with the date when the conduct complained of occurred. (2) ……

Sch. 17 para. 5

(1) This paragraph applies if the Tribunal finds that the contravention has occurred. (2) The Tribunal may make such order as it thinks fit. (3) The power…

Sch. 17 para. 6

(1) This paragraph applies in relation to the Welsh Tribunal. (2) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision as to— (a) the proceedings on a claim…

Sch. 17 para. 6AA

(1) A party to any proceedings on a claim under paragraph (3A) before the Welsh Tribunal may appeal to the Upper Tribunal on any point of law arising from a…

Sch. 17 para. 6A

(1) This paragraph applies to a child not over compulsory school age who⁠— (a) has the right to make a claim under paragraph 3A, and (b) lacks the capacity to…

Sch. 17 para. 6B

(1) A local authority in Wales must arrange for any disabled child in its area and for the case friend of any such child to be provided with advice and…

Sch. 17 para. 6C

(1) A local authority in Wales must make arrangements with a view to avoiding or resolving disagreements between responsible bodies and disabled children in…

Sch. 17 para. 6D

(1) Every local authority in Wales must— (a) make arrangements for the provision of independent advocacy services in its area; (b) refer any disabled child in…

Sch. 17 para. 6E

(1) If the Welsh Ministers are satisfied (whether on a complaint or otherwise) that a local authority— (a) has acted, or is proposing to act, unreasonably in…

Sch. 17 para. 6F

(1) The Welsh Ministers must make regulations for the purpose of a claim that a responsible body for a school in Wales has contravened Chapter 1 of Part 6 in…

Sch. 17 para. 7

This Part of this Schedule applies in relation to the Scottish Tribunal.

Sch. 17 para. 8

A claim that a responsible body has contravened Chapter 1 of Part 6 because of a person's disability may be made to the Tribunal by— (a) the person's parent…

Sch. 17 para. 9

(1) This paragraph applies if the Tribunal finds the contravention has occurred. (2) The Tribunal may make such order as it thinks fit. (3) The power under…

Sch. 17 para. 10

(1) The Scottish Ministers may make rules as to— (a) the proceedings on a claim under paragraph 8; (b) the making of a claim. (2) The rules may, in particular…

Sch. 17 para. 12

The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 4) is amended as follows— (a) in section 17(1), omit “to exercise the functions which…

Sch. 17 para. 13

(1) This paragraph applies if appeal arrangements have been made in relation to admissions decisions. (2) A claim that a responsible body has, because of a…

Sch. 17 para. 14

(1) This paragraph applies if appeal arrangements have been made in relation to exclusion decisions that are made in relation to schools in Wales. (2) A claim…

Sch. 18 para. 1

(1) Section 149, so far as relating to age, does not apply to the exercise of a function relating to— (a) the provision of education to pupils in schools; (b)…

Sch. 18 para. 2

(1) In relation to the exercise of immigration and nationality functions, section 149 has effect as if subsection (1)(b) did not apply to the protected…

Sch. 18 para. 3

(1) Section 149 does not apply to the exercise of— (a) a judicial function; (b) a function exercised on behalf of, or on the instructions of, a person…

Sch. 18 para. 4

(1) Section 149(2) (application of section 149(1) to persons who are not public authorities but by whom public functions are exercisable) does not apply to—…

Sch. 18 para. 5

(1) A Minister of the Crown may by order amend this Schedule so as to add, vary or omit an exception to section 149. (2) But provision by virtue of…

Sch. 21 para. 1

This Schedule applies for the purposes of Schedules 2, 4, 8, 13 and 15.

Sch. 21 para. 2

(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) a binding obligation requires A to obtain the consent of another person to an alteration of premises which A occupies, (b)…

Sch. 21 para. 3

(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) A occupies premises under a tenancy, (b) A is proposing to make an alteration to the premises so as to comply with a duty to…

Sch. 21 para. 4

(1) This paragraph applies if, in a case within Part 3, 4, 6 or 7 of this Act— (a) A has applied in writing to the landlord for consent to the alteration, and…

Sch. 21 para. 5

(1) This paragraph applies to proceedings relating to a contravention of this Act by virtue of section 20. (2) A party to the proceedings may request the…

Sch. 21 para. 6

(1) Regulations may make provision as to circumstances in which a landlord is taken for the purposes of this Schedule to have— (a) withheld consent; (b)…

Sch. 21 para. 7

An expression used in this Schedule and in Schedule 2, 4, 8, 13 or 15 has the same meaning in this Schedule as in that Schedule.

Sch. 22 para. 1

(1) A person (P) does not contravene a provision specified in the first column of the table, so far as relating to the protected characteristic specified in…

Sch. 22 para. 2

(1) A person (P) does not contravene a specified provision only by doing in relation to a woman (W) anything P is required to do to comply with— (a) a pre-1975…

Sch. 22 para. 3

(1) A person does not contravene Part 5 (work) only by doing a relevant act in connection with the employment of another in a relevant position. (2) A relevant…

Sch. 22 para. 4

A person does not contravene this Act only by doing anything which is permitted for the purposes of— (a) section 58(6) or (7) of the School Standards and…

Sch. 22 para. 5

(1) A person does not contravene this Act— (a) by making or continuing in force rules mentioned in sub-paragraph (2); (b) by publishing, displaying or…

Sch. 23 para. 1

(1) This paragraph applies to anything done— (a) in pursuance of an enactment; (b) in pursuance of an instrument made by a member of the executive under an…

Sch. 23 para. 2

(1) This paragraph applies to an organisation the purpose of which is— (a) to practise a religion or belief, (b) to advance a religion or belief, (c) to teach…

Sch. 23 para. 3

(1) A person does not contravene this Act, so far as relating to sex discrimination or gender reassignment discrimination, only because of anything done in…

Sch. 23 para. 4

(1) A person (A) does not contravene this Act, so far as relating to nationality, only by providing a non-resident (B) with training, if A thinks that B does…

Sch. 25 para. 1

(1) This paragraph applies where a person concerned with the provision of an information society service (an “information society service provider”) is…

Sch. 25 para. 2

(1) This paragraph applies where an information society service provider is established in an EEA state (other than the United Kingdom). (2) This Act does not…

Sch. 25 para. 3

(1) An information society service provider does not contravene this Act only by providing so much of an information society service as consists in— (a) the…

Sch. 25 para. 4

(1) This paragraph applies where an information society service consists in the transmission in a communication network of information provided by a recipient…

Sch. 25 para. 5

(1) An information society service provider does not contravene this Act only by doing anything in providing so much of an information society service as…

Sch. 25 para. 6

An injunction or interdict under Part 1 of the Equality Act 2006 may not impose on a person concerned with the provision of a service of a description given in…

Sch. 25 para. 7

(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule. (2) “Information society service”— (a) has the meaning given in Article 2(a) of the E-Commerce…

Sch. 26 para. 1

In section 15 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 (provision of employment for seriously disabled persons), in subsection (5A), for “the Disability…

Sch. 26 para. 2

In section 1(3) of the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965, for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 3

In section 12(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (duty of Secretary of State to give preference to ex-service men and women when exercising power to…

Sch. 26 para. 4

The Estate Agents Act 1979 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 5

In section 5(3) (supplementary provisions about prohibition and warning orders)— (a) for “section 62 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, section 53 of the Race…

Sch. 26 para. 6

(1) Schedule 1 (provisions supplementary to section 3(1)) is amended as follows. (2) For paragraph 2 substitute— 2 (1) A person commits discrimination for the…

Sch. 26 para. 7

(1) Section 20 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (regulations relating to taxis and private hire cars and their drivers) is amended as follows. (2)…

Sch. 26 para. 8

In section 338(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (interpretation) in the definition of “disabled person” for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50),”…

Sch. 26 para. 9

Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1988 (public supply or works contracts) is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 10

In section 17 (local and other public authority contracts: exclusion of non-commercial considerations)— (a) omit subsection (9), and (b) after that subsection…

Sch. 26 para. 11

Omit section 18 (exceptions to section 17 relating to race relations matters).

Sch. 26 para. 12

In section 19 (provisions supplementary to or consequential on section 17) omit subsection (10).

Sch. 26 para. 13

The Employment Act 1989 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 14

In section 8 (exemption for discrimination in favour of lone parents in connection with training), in subsection (2), for the words from “for the purposes of…

Sch. 26 para. 15

(1) Section 12 … (Sikhs: requirements as to safety helmets) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1), for “requirement or condition”, in the first three…

Sch. 26 para. 16

In section 28 (orders etc.), omit subsections (2), (3) and (4)(a).

Sch. 26 para. 17

In section 29(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “the 1975 Act”.

Sch. 26 para. 18

In section 7(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (requirement for appointments to be on merit to be subject to discrimination law)— (a) omit…

Sch. 26 para. 19

The Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 20

In section 2(4)(a) (functions in relation to training for employment etc.) for “section 3(1) of the Race Relations Act 1976” substitute “ section 9 of the…

Sch. 26 para. 21

In section 16(2) (courses of training etc.: duty to give preference to certain categories) for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995” substitute “ Equality Act…

Sch. 26 para. 22

For section 17 (encouragement of women, members of minority racial groups and disabled persons to take advantage of opportunities for certain work etc)…

Sch. 26 para. 23

In section 62(7B) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (higher education funding councils) for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995” substitute “…

Sch. 26 para. 24

(1) Schedule A2 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (tribunal jurisdictions where failure by employer or employee to comply with…

Sch. 26 para. 25

In section 39(2) of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (agreements not to take proceedings before employment tribunal) omit “the Sex…

Sch. 26 para. 26

In Schedule 6 (compromise contracts) omit paragraphs 1 and 2.

Sch. 26 para. 27

The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 28

In section 5(2)(c) (remuneration, fees and allowances) for “2A(1)(b) of the Equal Pay Act 1970” substitute “ 131(2) of the Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 29

In section 7(3)(h) (employment tribunal procedure regulations) for “2A(1)(b) of the Equal Pay Act 1970” substitute “ 131(2) of the Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 30

In section 12(1) (restriction of publicity in disability cases) for “section 17A or 25(8) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995” substitute “ section 120…

Sch. 26 para. 31

In section 18(1) (tribunal proceedings to which conciliation provisions apply)— (a) for paragraph (a) substitute— (a) under section 120 or 127 of the Equality…

Sch. 26 para. 32

In section 21(1) (Jurisdiction of appeal tribunal)— (a) omit paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e),(l), (m) and (s); and. (b) at the end of the entries relating to…

Sch. 26 para. 33

(1) Section 126 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (acts which are both unfair dismissal and discrimination) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1) for…

Sch. 26 para. 34

In section 126 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Secretary of State's power to give financial assistance etc), in subsection (3)…

Sch. 26 para. 35

The Education Act 1996 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 36

(1) Section 317 of the Education Act 1996 (duties of governing bodies etc in relation to pupils with special educational needs) is amended as follows. (2) In…

Sch. 26 para. 37

In section 336(4A) (tribunal procedure) for “claim under Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995” substitute “ claim in relation to a…

Sch. 26 para. 38

In section 509AC(5)(interpretation etc), in the definition of “disabled person”, for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 39

Omit section 583(5) (commencement etc: transitory provision relating to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).

Sch. 26 para. 40

In Schedule 35B (meaning of eligible child etc), paragraph 15(4), for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 41

In Schedule 35C (school travel schemes), paragraph 14, in the definition of “disabled child”, for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995” substitute “ Equality…

Sch. 26 para. 42

(1) In Schedule 36A (education functions of local authorities) the table is amended as follows. (2) Omit the entries relating to the Sex Discrimination Act…

Sch. 26 para. 43

In section 1(4) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (the General Teaching Council for England) for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995” substitute “…

Sch. 26 para. 44

The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 45

In Schedule 5, in paragraph 6 (adjudicators, procedure) for subparagraphs (a) to (c) substitute— (a) section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976, or (b) Parts 3…

Sch. 26 para. 46

(1) In Schedule 6, Part 5 (procedures for making transitional exemption orders in Wales) paragraph 22(4) is amended as follows. (2) For the definition of “the…

Sch. 26 para. 47

(1) In Schedule 7, in Part 6 (transitional exemption orders, interpretation) paragraph 16(6) is amended as follows. (2) For the definition of the 1975 Act…

Sch. 26 para. 48

In section 112(2) of the Transport Act 2000 (plans and strategies: supplementary) for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 49

(1) Schedule 5 to the Employment Act 2002 (tribunal jurisdiction) is amended as follows. (2) Omit the entries relating to— (a) the Equal Pay Act 1970; (b) the…

Sch. 26 para. 50

The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 51

In section 439(4) (chargeable events) after “within the meaning of” insert “ the Equality Act 2010 in England and Wales and Scotland, or ”.

Sch. 26 para. 52

In section 477(5) (chargeable events) after “within the meaning of” insert “ the Equality Act 2010 in England and Wales and Scotland, or ”.

Sch. 26 para. 53

The Communications Act 2003 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 54

In section 27(5) (training and equality of opportunity)— (a) in the definition of “disabled” after “meaning as in” insert “ the Equality Act 2010 or, in…

Sch. 26 para. 55

In section 337(9) (promotion of equal opportunities and training)— (a) in the definition of “disabled” after “meaning as in” insert “ the Equality Act 2010 or…

Sch. 26 para. 56

In Schedule 12, in paragraph 23(6) (obligations of the Welsh Authority in relation to equality of opportunity)— (a) in the definition of “disability” after…

Sch. 26 para. 57

The Finance Act 2004 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 58

In section 172A(5)(db) (surrender of pension benefits etc) for— (a) “the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 or” substitute “ Part 5 of the Equality Act…

Sch. 26 para. 59

In paragraphs 11D(2A) and (2B)(b), 12(2C)(d) and 14(3A) and (3D)(a) of Schedule 36 (pension schemes etc: transitional provisions and savings)— (a) for “the…

Sch. 26 para. 60

Section 56 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (the title to which becomes “Application of discrimination legislation to SOCA seconded staff…

Sch. 26 para. 61

The Equality Act 2006 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 62

(1) Section 8 (equality and diversity) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1)— (a) in paragraph (d) for “equality enactments” substitute “ Equality Act…

Sch. 26 para. 63

In section 10(2) (meaning of group) for paragraph (d) substitute— (d) gender reassignment (within the meaning of section 7 of the Equality Act 2010), .

Sch. 26 para. 64

For section 11(3)(c) (interpretation) substitute— (c) a reference to the equality and human rights enactments is a reference to the Human Rights Act 1998, this…

Sch. 26 para. 65

(1) Section 14 (codes of practice) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (1) substitute— (1) The Commission may issue a code of practice in connection with…

Sch. 26 para. 66

In section 16(4) (inquiries: matters which the Commission may consider and report on) for “equality enactments” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 67

In section 21(2)(b) (unlawful act notice: specification of legislative provision) for “equality enactments” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 68

After section 24 insert— Enforcement powers: supplemental 24A (1) This section has effect in relation to— (a) an act which is unlawful because, by virtue of…

Sch. 26 para. 69

Omit section 25 (restraint of unlawful advertising etc.).

Sch. 26 para. 70

Omit section 26 (supplemental).

Sch. 26 para. 71

(1) Section 27 (conciliation) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (1) (disputes in relation to which the Commission may make arrangements for the…

Sch. 26 para. 72

(1) Section 28 (legal assistance) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1)— (a) in paragraph (a) for “equality enactments” substitute “ Equality Act 2010…

Sch. 26 para. 73

For section 31(1) (duties in respect of which Commission may assess compliance) substitute— (1) The Commission may assess the extent to which or the manner in…

Sch. 26 para. 74

(1) Section 32 (public sector duties: compliance notice) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (1) substitute— (1) This section applies where the…

Sch. 26 para. 75

Omit section 33 (equality and human rights enactments).

Sch. 26 para. 76

(1) Section 34 (meaning of unlawful) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1) for “equality enactments” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”. (3) In subsection…

Sch. 26 para. 77

(1) Section 35 (general: definitions) is amended as follows. (2) In the definition of “religion or belief”, for “Part 2 (as defined by section 44)” substitute…

Sch. 26 para. 78

In section 39(4) (orders subject to affirmative resolution procedure) for “, 27(10) or 33(3)” substitute “ or 27(10) ”.

Sch. 26 para. 79

Omit section 43 (transitional: rented housing in Scotland).

Sch. 26 para. 80

Omit Part 2 (discrimination on grounds of religion or belief).

Sch. 26 para. 81

Omit section 81 (regulations).

Sch. 26 para. 82

Omit Part 4 (public functions).

Sch. 26 para. 83

In section 94(3) (extent: Northern Ireland)— (a) omit “and 41 to 56”, and (b) omit “and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50)”.

Sch. 26 para. 84

(1) Schedule 1 (the Commission: constitution, etc.) is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph 52(3)(a) for “Parts 1, 3, 4, 5 and 5B of the Disability…

Sch. 26 para. 85

In Schedule 3 (consequential amendments), omit paragraphs 6 to 35 and 41 to 56.

Sch. 26 para. 86

In section 23(1)(a) of the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (discrimination: code of practice) for “the Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)” substitute…

Sch. 26 para. 87

The Childcare Act 2006 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 88

In section 6(6) (duty to secure sufficient childcare for working parents) in the definition of “disabled child” for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50)”…

Sch. 26 para. 89

In section 12(8) (duty to provide information, advice and assistance) for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50)” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 90

In section 22(6) (duty to secure sufficient childcare for working parents (Wales)) in the definition of “disabled child” for “Disability Discrimination Act…

Sch. 26 para. 91

In section 27(8) (duty to provide information, advice and assistance (Wales)) for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50)” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 92

The Education and Inspections Act 2006 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 93

In section 21(5) (proposals under section 19: procedure) for “section 27 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65) (exception for single-sex establishments…

Sch. 26 para. 94

In section 91(7) (enforcement of disciplinary penalties) for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50)” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 95

In paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 2007 (pension schemes: abolition of relief for life insurance premium contributions etc)— (a) for…

Sch. 26 para. 96

In section 48(2)(f) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (recommendations by Chief Inspector of UK Border Agency) for “section 19D of the Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74)”…

Sch. 26 para. 97

The Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 98

Insert after section 38(2) (meaning of “relevant offence”)— (3) The entry in Schedule 6 for Part 5 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is, in relation to…

Sch. 26 para. 99

In Schedule 3 (enactments specified for the purposes of the Part relating to LBRO) omit “Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50)”.

Sch. 26 para. 100

In section 218(3)(b) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (arrangements etc to be made by Commission) for “section 1(1) of the…

Sch. 26 para. 101

In section 6 of the Education (Disability Strategies and Pupils' Educational Records) (Scotland) Act 2002 (interpretation) in the definition of “pupil with a…

Sch. 26 para. 102

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is amended as follows.

Sch. 26 para. 103

In section 11(5) (means of providing information) for “provider of services has under or by virtue of section 21 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c…

Sch. 26 para. 104

In section 12(6) (excessive cost of compliance) for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50)” substitute “ Equality Act 2010 ”.

Sch. 26 para. 105

In section 16 of the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 (interpretation) in the definition of “disabled person” for “section 1 of the Disability Discrimination…

Sch. 26 para. 106

Paragraph 3(1)(e) of schedule 2 to the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (exclusion to duty to comply with placing requests) is…

Sch. 26 para. 106A

In section 194(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (interpretation), in the definition of “disabled person”, for “Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50)”…

Sch. 26 para. 107

In section 9 of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 (functions of education authority in relation to certain pre-school…