1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (Equal Pay Audits) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st October 2014.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Equality Act 2010;
“audit” means an equal pay audit;
“date of complaint” means the date on which a complaint in respect of an equal pay breach is presented to a tribunal;
“date of judgment” means the date on which a tribunal finds that there has been an equal pay breach;
“relevant gender pay information” means information relating to the pay of men and women (including the maternity-related pay of women to whom section 74 of the Act applies (maternity equality clause: pay))—
who are employed by the respondent;
who are appointed to a personal or public office by the respondent;
for whom the respondent is the relevant person in relation to the terms of appointment to a personal or public office;
“relevant person” has the same meaning as in section 52(6) of the Act;
“tribunal” means an employment tribunal.