PART 3 EQUAL TREATMENT RULE: ARMED FORCES SCHEMES

9 Definition of “qualifying date”: proceedings relating to armed forces schemes
Section 6AA of the Equal Pay Act (meaning of “qualifying date” under section 6A(8)) shall have effect, in relation to the operation of an equal treatment rule in respect of an armed forces scheme as if—
(a) for subsection (1) there were substituted the following subsections—

“(1) This section applies for the purpose of determining the qualifying date, in relation to relevant proceedings on a complaint in respect of a woman, for the purposes of section 6A(8).
(1A) In subsection 1 “relevant proceedings” means proceedings in respect of the terms on which—
(a) persons become members of an armed forces scheme, or
(b) members of an armed forces scheme are treated.”

, and
(b) in subsection (2), in the definitions of “concealment case” and “disability case”, for “the employer” there were substituted “the employer or the managers of the armed forces scheme”.