Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sex Discrimination (Amendment of Legislation) Regulations 2008 and come into force on the fifth day after the day on which they are made, or on 6th April 2008, whichever is the later.
(2) Regulations 2(1) and 4 extend to Great Britain only.
(3) Regulations 1(7), 2(2) and 5 extend to Northern Ireland only.
(4) Regulation 3 extends to England and Wales only.
(5) The remainder of these Regulations extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.
(6) In these Regulations—
“the 1975 Act” means the Sex Discrimination Act 1975(1) and;
“the 1976 Order” means the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(2).
(7) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) shall apply to regulations 1(3), 2(2) and 5 and Schedule 2 as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.