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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/section/94</dc:identifier><dc:title>Equality Act 2006</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights; to dissolve the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Disability Rights Commission; to make provision about discrimination on grounds of religion or belief; to enable provision to be made about discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation; to impose duties relating to sex discrimination on persons performing public functions; to amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-11-01</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2024-10-26</dct:valid>
					
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<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2317" id="csmwsz7v1-00014" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="2317" Title="The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 2010">S.I. 2010/2317</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="csmwsz7v1-00015" CitationRef="csmwsz7v1-00014" SectionRef="article-2-15-e-xi" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2317/article/2/15/e/xi">art. 2(15)(e)(xi)</CitationSubRef> (as amended (1.10.2010) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2337" id="csmwsz7v1-00016" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="2337">S.I. 2010/2337</Citation>, art. 2)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-998f16a03322b8e9a6e193fb28896b1f" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="csmwsz7v1-00024" SectionRef="section-94-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/3/section/94/3">s. 94(3)</CitationSubRef> repealed (1.10.2010) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/15" id="csmwsz7v1-00025" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2010" Number="15" Title="Equality Act 2010">Equality Act 2010 (c. 15)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="csmwsz7v1-00026" CitationRef="csmwsz7v1-00025" SectionRef="section-216-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/15/section/216/3">s. 216(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="csmwsz7v1-00027" CitationRef="csmwsz7v1-00025" SectionRef="schedule-26-paragraph-83-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/26/paragraph/83/b">Sch. 26 para. 83(b)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="csmwsz7v1-00028" CitationRef="csmwsz7v1-00025" SectionRef="schedule-27-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/27/part/1" Operative="true">Sch. 27 Pt. 1</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="csmwsz7v1-00029" CitationRef="csmwsz7v1-00025" SectionRef="section-6-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/15/section/6/4">ss. 6(4)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="csmwsz7v1-00030" CitationRef="csmwsz7v1-00025" SectionRef="section-205" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/15/section/205">205</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2317" id="csmwsz7v1-00031" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="2317" Title="The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 2010">S.I. 2010/2317</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="csmwsz7v1-00032" CitationRef="csmwsz7v1-00031" SectionRef="article-2-15-e-xi" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2317/article/2/15/e/xi">art. 2(15)(e)(xi)</CitationSubRef> (as amended (1.10.2010) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2337" id="csmwsz7v1-00033" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="2337">S.I. 2010/2337</Citation>, art. 2)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>