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GBR-2010-L-88238
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Title_of_text
Equality Act 2010 (c. 15).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United Kingdom
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Adopted on (Date of text)
2010-04-08
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to
enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; to amend the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships; and for connected purposes.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1989-07-21 (GBR-1989-L-8391)
Social Security Act 1989 (Chapter 24)
Amended text(s)
1989-11-16 (GBR-1989-L-8768)
Employment Act 1989 (Chapter 38)
Amended text(s)
1995-07-19 (GBR-1995-L-41451)
Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26).
Amended text(s)
2002-02-26 (GBR-2002-L-63664)
Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002 (c. 2).
Amended text(s)
2006-02-16 (GBR-2006-L-73171)
Equality Act 2006 (c. 3).
Amended text(s)
2006-04-03 (GBR-2006-R-74785)
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2017-04-27 (GBR-2017-L-104476)
Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29).
Amending text(s)
2017-04-27 (GBR-2017-L-104515)
National Citizen Service Act 2017 (c. 15).
Amending text(s)
2013-04-25 (GBR-2013-L-108014)
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c.24).
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1986-11-07 (GBR-1986-L-3443)
Sex Discrimination Act 1986 (Chapter 59)
Repealed text(s)
1976-11-22 (GBR-1976-L-14052)
Race Relations Act 1976 (Chapter 74)
Repealed text(s)
1975-11-12 (GBR-1975-L-18676)
Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Chapter 65)
Repealed text(s)
1970-05-29 (GBR-1970-L-37236)
Equal Pay Act 1970 (Chapter 41)
Repealed text(s)
1995-11-08 (GBR-1995-L-42563)
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Chapter 50).
Repealed text(s)
1995-12-07 (GBR-1995-R-42882)
Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Treatment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 3183 of 1995).
Repealed text(s)
2003-06-26 (GBR-2003-R-65180)
The Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003 (No. 1660).
Repealed text(s)
2003-06-26 (GBR-2003-R-65181)
The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 (No. 1661).
Repealed text(s)
2008-04-01 (GBR-2008-R-78563)
Sex Discrimination (Amendment of Legislation) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/963).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1996-05-22 (GBR-1996-L-46818)
Employment Rights Act 1996 (Chapter 18).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
legislation.gov.uk
Publisher
National Archives
Country
United Kingdom
URL
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/pdfs/ukpga_20100015_en.pdf
File
GBR88238.pdf (PDF)