9 Consequential amendment, repeals and saving.
1
In section 6(1) of the M1Equal Pay Act 1970 (exclusion of operation of equality clause and section 3(4) in relation to certain matters), for the words from the beginning to “shall” there shall be substituted the words “
An equality clause shall not
”
.
2
The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act (which include enactments that are no longer of practical effect) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
3
Neither the repeal by this Act of section 3 of the Equal Pay Act 1970 (collective agreements and pay structures) nor the amendment made by subsection (1) above shall affect—
a
the continuing effect, after the coming into force of that repeal, of any declaration made under that section before the coming into force of that repeal; or
b
the operation, at any time after the coming into force of that repeal, of section 5(1) of that Act in so far as it refers to the rules which apply under subsection (4) of the said section 3.