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Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/656). -

Adoption: 2008-03-14 | Date of entry into force: 2008-04-06 | GBR-2008-R-78559

Implements Council Directive 2002/73/EC of 23rd September 2002 by amending the 1975 Act in order to give full effect to the Directive in relation to the definitions of harassment and discrimination on grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave and so far as it relates to terms and condition during maternity leave.

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The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007 No. 1263). -

Adoption: 2007-04-17 | Date of entry into force: 2007-04-30 | GBR-2007-R-76138

Prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities, services, education, management and disposal of premises and the exercise of public functions.

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The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Order 2006. -

Adoption: 2006-11-07 | Date of entry into force: 2007-04-06 | GBR-2006-R-74788

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Disability Discrimination Act 2006 (AT 17 of 2006). -

Adoption: 2006-10-16 | GBR-2006-L-77140

Makes it unlawful to discriminate against disabled persons in connection with the provision of goods, facilities and services (including training facilities provided by employment agencies or other businesses) and the disposal or management of premises. Also provides for employers' liability with respect to discriminatory acts.

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Racial Hatred (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2005 (Consolidated text). -

Adoption: 2005-10-12 | GBR-2005-L-82178

Makes it illegal to stir up racial hatred. Provides for punishment by imprisonment for violations of the Law.

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Race Relations Act 2004 (c.6). -

Adoption: 2004-06-15 | GBR-2004-L-77154

Imposes a duty on public authorities to exercise their functions in a manner that promotes good race relations. Makes discrimination on the grounds of colour, race, nationality, or ethnic or national origin unlawful.

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Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002 (c. 2). -

Adoption: 2002-02-26 | GBR-2002-L-63664

Excludes from operation of Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 certain matters relating to selection of candidates by political parties.

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Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (No. 311). -

Adoption: 1999-07-05 | Date of entry into force: 1999-08-01 | GBR-05-L-81727

Amends provisions of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1042, N.I. 15) to extend coverage to include discrimination on the basis of gender reassignment in the fields of pay and treatment in matters of employment (articles 2(2), 4A, 8, 10A, 10B, 21, 30 and 54).

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Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1102). -

Adoption: 1999-04-09 | Date of entry into force: 1999-05-01 | GBR-1999-R-81728

Amends provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (1975 c.65) to extend coverage to include discrimination on the basis of gender reassignment in the fields of pay and treatment in matters of employment (articles 2A, 6, 70, 19, 29 and 53).

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Sex Discrimination Ordinance 1998 (No. 25 of 1998).

Adoption: 1998-11-24 | Date of entry into force: 1999-07-01 | GBR-1998-R-51605

Prohibits sex discrimination against women and men in employment by employers, partnerships, trade unions, qualifying bodies, vocational training institutes, and employment agencies. Also prohibits sex discrimination in the provision of goods and services and in the field of advertisement.

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Sex Discrimination (Complaints to Industrial Tribunals) (Armed Forces) Regulations 1997 (No. 2163).

Adoption: 1997-08-29 | Date of entry into force: 1997-10-01 | GBR-1997-R-54350

Specifies the circumstances in which a person may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal in respect of his or her service in the armed forces, notwithstanding that he or she would otherwise be precluded from making such a complaint by the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (which requires a person to go through the service redress procedures before making a complaint to an industrial tribunal).

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Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (No. 324 of 1997)

Adoption: 1997-06-30 | Date of entry into force: 1997-08-25 | GBR-1997-R-53013

Amends the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 by removing from the requirements which must be satisfied before a person can be promoted to, or appointed in, the rank of firefighter, the requirements as to maximum age, minimum and maximum height requirements and eyesight.

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Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (No. 1180 N.I. 9).

Adoption: 1997-04-08 | GBR-1997-R-46801

Makes it an offence to pursue a course of conduct which amounts to harassment of a person, or which causes a person to fear that violence will be used against them. Provides criminal courts with the power to make orders preventing further harassment.

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Race Relations Ordinance, 1997 (No. 7 of 1997). -

Adoption: 1997-03-26 | Date of entry into force: 1997-03-26 | GBR-1997-R-46600

Prohibits and sets penalties for acts of discrimination in relation to employment, partnerships, trade unions, vocational training bodies, educational establishments, and the provision of goods, facilities and services. Inserts a new provision into the Summary Offences Ordinance, 1975, making it an offence to publish or use in a public place words which are threatening, abusive or insulting and which may as a result incite racial hatred.

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Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 869 of 1997) (NI 6).

Adoption: 1997-03-19 | GBR-1997-R-46411

Part I defines racial discrimination and racial groups; racial groups are persons defined by colour, race, nationality and ethnicity. This includes persons belonging to the Irish Traveller community, but does not encompass religious or political affiliation. Part II covers discrimination in the employment field. Renders illegal discrimination based on race by employers, employment agencies, vocational training institutions, and trade unions. Exceptions are made for artistic productions and eating and drinking establishments seeking to provide a setting with "authenticity" (s. 8). Part III relates to discrimination in other fields, including education and housing. Part IV deals with other unlawful acts, including discrimination in advertisement; Part V relates to charities;, Part VI deals with exceptions to the Act arising from special needs of racial groups in regard to education, training and welfare. A Commission for Racial Equality for Northern Ireland is established in Part VII with the function of promoting racial equality and investigating reported violations. Part VIII covers enforcement of the Act and extends the jurisdiction of industrial tribunals to matters related to the Act.

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The Disability Discrimination (Abolition of District Advisory Committees) Order 1997 (No. 536).

Adoption: 1997-02-27 | Date of entry into force: 1997-03-31 | GBR-1997-R-54830

Provides for the cessation of effect of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 so far as it concerns district advisory committees. Ceases the Secretary of State's duty to establish district advisory committees as of 31 March 1997.

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Industrial Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Sex and Disability Discrimination Cases ) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (No. 581 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-12-11 | Date of entry into force: 1997-01-26 | GBR-1996-R-48497

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Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (No. 2) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 1986 of 1994)

Adoption: 1994-07-19 | Date of entry into force: 1994-11-08 | GBR-1994-R-37725

Section 75(5) of the Race Relations Act 1976 preserves validity of rules restricting employment by public bodies prescribed under that section to persons of particular birth, nationality, descent or residence, and enables such rules to be published, displayed or implemented and advertisements to be published stating the gist of such rules. These Regulations prescribe certain public bodies under section 75(5) and replace the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1994 which are revoked.

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Race Relations (Interest on Awards) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 1748 of 1994)

Adoption: 1994-07-04 | Date of entry into force: 1994-08-01 | GBR-1994-R-37279

Relates to cases where an industrial tribunal makes an order under section 56(1)(b) of the Race Relations Act 1976 for payment of compensation. Authorises the payment of interest on amounts awarded, and provides for related matters.

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Race Relations (Remedies) Act 1994 (Chapter 10)

Adoption: 1994-05-03 | GBR-1994-L-36990

Removes the limit imposed by subsection (2) of section 56 of the Race Relations Act 1976 on the amount of compensation which may be awarded under that section and makes provision for interest in connection with sums so awarded.

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Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay (Remedies) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 2798 of 1993)

Adoption: 1993-11-11 | Date of entry into force: 1993-11-22 | GBR-1993-R-35120

Ensures that remedies available under legislation in Great Britain relating to sex discrimination and to equal pay for men and women comply with the requirements of Council Directive 1975/117/EEC(a) and 1976/207/EEC (b). Repeals section 65(2) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, which provided that an award of compensation by an industrial tribunal under Part II of the Act could not exceed a specified sum. Sets out details on calculation of interest on awards. Made under the European Communities Act 1972.

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Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Exemption of Special Treatment for Lone Parents) Order 1991 (S.I. No. 2813 of 1991)

Adoption: 1992-12-12 | Date of entry into force: 1992-01-14 | GBR-1992-R-27243

Provides that where section 8 of the said Act applies to special treatment for lone parents in the "Return to Work Programme" under which the National Council for One Parent Families is to provide training and other assistance to persons who wish to return to work, by virtue of section 8(2) neither the treatment nor its implementation is to be regarded for the purposes of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 as giving rise to any discrimination falling within section 3 of the said Act (which deals with discrimination against married persons for the purposes of the provisions in Part II of the 1975 Act).

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Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (b) (Exemption of Police Federation Constitutional and Electoral Arrangements) Order 1989 (S.I. No. 2420 of 1989)

Adoption: 1989-12-19 | Date of entry into force: 1990-01-16 | GBR-1989-L-9612

Preserves the effect of the provisions of the Police Federation Regulations 1969 listed in Article 2 by suspending the application of section 1(1) of the Employment Act 1989 (overriding of statutory requirements which conflict with certain provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975).

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The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Exemption of Special Treatment for Lone Parents) Order 1989 (S.I. No. 2140 of 1989)

Adoption: 1989-11-17 | Date of entry into force: 1989-12-19 | GBR-1989-L-9352

Provides with respect to employment training that section 8 of the Employment Act 1989 shall apply to any special treatment afforded (a) by the making of any payment, in connection with the participation of a lone parent in employment training, to a person having the care of a child of that lone parent or (b) by the fixing of any special condition for the participation of lone parents in employment training. By virtue of section 8(2) of the Employment Act 1989, where the section applies to any special treatment afforded to or in respect of lone parents, neither the treatment so afforded nor any act done in the implementation of such treatment shall be regarded for the purposes of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (LS 1975 - UK 1) as giving rise to any discrimination falling within section 3 of that Act (discrimination against married persons for the purposes of Part II of that Act).

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Employment Act 1989 (Chapter 38)

Adoption: 1989-11-16 | GBR-1989-L-8768

Amends the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 in pursuance to Council Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions, repeals or amends prohibitions or requirements relating to the employment of young persons and other categories of employees, and makes certain amendments in respect of industrial training boards and other related matters.

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Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 1989. No. 23.

Adoption: 1989-08-10 | GBR-1989-R-8526

Amends the Employment Ordinance by, inter alia, inserting Part VA entitled "Sex Discrimination". Section 52A(1) provides that, for the purposes of certain provisions of the Ordinance," the principle of equal treatment means that there shall be no discrimination whatsovever on grounds of sex either directly or indirectly by reference in particular to marital or family status." Section 52B(1) provides: "Application of the principle of equal treatment means that there shall be no discrimination whatsoever on grounds of sex in the conditions, including selection criteria, for access to all jobs or posts, whatever the sector or branch or activity, and to all levels of the occupational hierarchy." Section 52C provides for the application of the principle of equal pay for equal value, and by, s. 52D, laws, regulations and administrative provisions contrary to the principle of equal treatment or the principle of equal pay, cease to have effect. Section 52E provides for the competence of the Industrial Tribunal to consider complaints and to provide remedies.

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Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989. C.32.

Adoption: 1989-07-27 | GBR-1989-L-8156

An Act to establish a Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland and offices of President and Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal. Amends the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 and makes further provision with respect to the promotion of equality of opportunity in employment and occupations in Northern Ireland between persons of different religious beliefs.

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Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1988. S.I. No. 1303 (N.I. 13).

Adoption: 1988-07-26 | GBR-1988-R-6585

Amends the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 to repeal certain exemptions and to provide for common age limits in unfair dismissal cases. Removes certain restrictions on working hours and conditions for women in factories, mines and quarries. Also, inter alia, provides for the issue of codes of practice on the elimination of discrimination and the promotion of equality between men and women in the field of employment.

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Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Order 1988 (S.I. No. 249 of 1988)

Adoption: 1988-02-17 | GBR-1988-R-6062

Makes no longer applicable, as regards discrimination in employment and related areas, provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (LS 1975 - UK 1) and the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 which permitted a certificate of the Secretary of State to serve as conclusive evidence that an act was done for the purpose of safeguarding national security.

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Sex Discrimination Act 1986 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988 (S.I. No. 99 (C. 4) of 1988)

Adoption: 1988-01-25 | Date of entry into force: 1988-02-26 | GBR-1988-L-6061

Brings into force those provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act 1986 which are not already in force (repeal of restrictions on the employment of women at night in industrial undertakings).

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Sex Discrimination Code of Practice Order 1985 (S.I. No. 387 of 1985)

Adoption: 1985-03-12 | Date of entry into force: 1985-04-30 | GBR-1985-L-1657

Code of Practice covering discrimination in employment.

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Industrial Tribunals (Rules of Procedure) (Equal Value Amendment) Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 1807 of 1983)

Adoption: 1983-12-07 | GBR-1983-R-10068

Amends the Industrial Tribunals (Rules of Procedure) Regulation 1980 and the Industrial Tribunals (Rules of Procedure) (Scotland) Regulation 1980, to provide for procedure in cases involving equal value claims under section 1(2)(c) of the Equal Pay Act 1970 (LS 1970 - UK 1).

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Equal Pay (Amendment) Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 1794 of 1983)

Adoption: 1983-12-06 | GBR-1983-R-118

Amends section 1 and insert a new section 2A in the Equal Pay Act 1970 (LS 1970 - UK 1), implementing Council Directive 75/117/EEC.

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Human Rights Act 1981 (1981:41). -

Adoption: 1981-07-07 | GBR-1981-L-92570

Part I - Preliminary
Part II - Unlawful Discrimination
Part III - Human Rights Commission
Part IV - General

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Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976.

Adoption: 1976-07-22 | GBR-1976-L-14165

An Act to establish an Agency with the duties of promoting equality of opportunity in employment and occupations in Northern Ireland between people of different religious beliefs and working for the elimination of discrimination which is unlawful by virtue of the Act; to render unlawful, in connection with such employments and occupations, certain kinds of discrimination on the ground of religious belief or political opinion; and for connected purposes. Ch. 25.

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Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976.

Adoption: 1976-07-02 | GBR-1976-R-14164

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Industrial Tribunals (Non-Discrimination Notices Appeals) Regulations 1975 (S.I. No. 2098 of 1975)

Adoption: 1975-12-10 | GBR-1975-L-18679

Appeals against non-discrimination notices issued under the Sex Discrimination Act (LS 1975 - UK 1).

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Equal Pay Ordinance 1975.

Adoption: 1975-10-14 | GBR-1975-R-18688

An Ordinance to remove discrimination on grounds of sex in remuneration and other terms and conditions of employment. No. 26

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The Race Relations Council Act 1970. No. 525.

Adoption: 1970-12-24 | GBR-1970-L-17632