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Part 2 Equality: key conceptsPrevious MatchNext Match
Chapter 1 Protected characteristicsPrevious MatchNext Match
Chapter 2 Prohibited conductPrevious MatchNext Match
DiscriminationPrevious MatchNext Match
14.Combined discrimination: dual characteristicsPrevious MatchNext Match
15.Discrimination arising from disabilityPrevious MatchNext Match
16.Gender reassignment discrimination: cases of absence from workPrevious MatchNext Match
17.Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: non-work casesPrevious MatchNext Match
18.Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: work casesPrevious MatchNext Match
19A.Indirect discrimination: same disadvantagePrevious MatchNext Match
Part 3 Services and public functionsPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 4 PremisesPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 5 WorkPrevious MatchNext Match
Chapter 1 Employment, etc.Previous MatchNext Match
Chapter 2 Occupational pension schemesPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 6 EducationPrevious MatchNext Match
Chapter 2 Further and higher educationPrevious MatchNext Match
Chapter 3 General qualifications bodiesPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 8 Prohibited conduct: ancillaryPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 9 EnforcementPrevious MatchNext Match
Chapter 5 MiscellaneousPrevious MatchNext Match
140.Conduct giving rise to separate proceedingsPrevious MatchNext Match
140A.Extension of time limits because of mediation in certain cross-border disputesPrevious MatchNext Match
140AA.Extension of time limits because of alternative dispute resolution in certain cross border or domestic contractual disputesPrevious MatchNext Match
140B.Extension of time limits to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedingsPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 11 Advancement of equalityPrevious MatchNext Match
Chapter 1 Public sector equality dutyPrevious MatchNext Match
150.Public authorities and public functionsPrevious MatchNext Match
151.Power to specify public authoritiesPrevious MatchNext Match
152.Power to specify public authorities: consultation and consentPrevious MatchNext Match
154.Power to impose specific duties: cross-border authoritiesPrevious MatchNext Match
155.Power to impose specific duties: supplementaryPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 12 Disabled persons: transportPrevious MatchNext Match
Chapter 1 Taxis, etc.Previous MatchNext Match
161.Control of numbers of licensed taxis: exceptionPrevious MatchNext Match
163.Taxi licence conditional on compliance with taxi accessibility regulationsPrevious MatchNext Match
164.Exemption from taxi accessibility regulationsPrevious MatchNext Match
164A.Disabled passengers: duties of driversPrevious MatchNext Match
165.Disabled passengers in wheelchairs: duties of drivers of designated vehiclesPrevious MatchNext Match
165A.Disabled passengers: assistance to identify and find vehiclePrevious MatchNext Match
166. Disabled passengers: exemption certificatesPrevious MatchNext Match
167.Lists of wheelchair-accessible vehiclesPrevious MatchNext Match
167A.Disabled passengers: duties of operators of private hire vehiclesPrevious MatchNext Match
169.Assistance dogs in taxis: exemption certificatesPrevious MatchNext Match
170.Assistance dogs in private hire vehiclesPrevious MatchNext Match
171.Assistance dogs in private hire vehicles: exemption certificatesPrevious MatchNext Match
Chapter 3 Rail vehiclesPrevious MatchNext Match
182.Rail vehicle accessibility regulationsPrevious MatchNext Match
183.Exemptions from rail vehicle accessibility regulationsPrevious MatchNext Match
184.Procedure for making exemption ordersPrevious MatchNext Match
185.Annual report on exemption ordersPrevious MatchNext Match
186.Rail vehicle accessibility: compliancePrevious MatchNext Match
Part 16 General and miscellaneousPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Previous MatchNext Match
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Services and public functions: reasonable adjustmentsPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 3Previous MatchNext Match
Services and public functions: exceptionsPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 1 Constitutional mattersPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 2 EducationPrevious MatchNext Match
6.In its application to a local authority in England and...Previous MatchNext Match
7.In its application to an education authority, section 29, so...Previous MatchNext Match
8.(1) In its application to a local authority in England...Previous MatchNext Match
9.Section 29, so far as relating to age discrimination, does...Previous MatchNext Match
10.(1) Section 29, so far as relating to disability discrimination,...Previous MatchNext Match
11.Section 29, so far as relating to religious or belief-related...Previous MatchNext Match
12.This Part of this Schedule is to be construed in...Previous MatchNext Match
Part 3 Health and carePrevious MatchNext Match
Part 5 Insurance and other financial servicesPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 6 Marriage: gender reassignmentPrevious MatchNext Match
PART 6ZA MARRIAGE AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIP: SCOTLANDPrevious MatchNext Match
PART 6A Marriage of same sex couples and Civil Partnership in England and WalesPrevious MatchNext Match
PART 6B CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, MARRIAGE OF SAME SEX COUPLES AND MARRIAGE OF CIVIL PARTNERS: SCOTLANDPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 7 Separate, single and concessionary services, etc Previous MatchNext Match
Part 8 Television, radio and on-line broadcasting and distributionPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 9 TransportPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 4Previous MatchNext Match
Premises: reasonable adjustmentsPrevious MatchNext Match
The duty in relation to let premisesPrevious MatchNext Match
The duty in relation to premises to letPrevious MatchNext Match
The duty in relation to commonhold unitsPrevious MatchNext Match
The duty in relation to common partsPrevious MatchNext Match
Consultation on adjustments relating to common partsPrevious MatchNext Match
Agreement on adjustments relating to common partsPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 5Previous MatchNext Match
Premises: exceptionsPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 6Previous MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 7Previous MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 8Previous MatchNext Match
Work: reasonable adjustmentsPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 1 IntroductoryPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 2 Interested disabled personPrevious MatchNext Match
Principals in contract work (see section 41)Previous MatchNext Match
Barristers and their clerks (see section 47)Previous MatchNext Match
Advocates and their clerks (see section 48)Previous MatchNext Match
Persons making appointments to offices etc. (see sections 49 to 51)Previous MatchNext Match
11.This paragraph applies where A is a person who has...Previous MatchNext Match
12.This paragraph applies where A is a relevant person in...Previous MatchNext Match
13.This paragraph applies where A is a person who has...Previous MatchNext Match
14.In relation to the second requirement in a case within...Previous MatchNext Match
Qualifications bodies (see section 53)Previous MatchNext Match
Employment service-providers (see section 55)Previous MatchNext Match
Trade organisations (see section 57)Previous MatchNext Match
Occupational pensions (see section 61)Previous MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 9Previous MatchNext Match
Work: exceptionsPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 10Previous MatchNext Match
Accessibility for disabled pupilsPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 11Previous MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 12Previous MatchNext Match
Further and higher education exceptionsPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 1 Single-sex institutions, etc.Previous MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 13Previous MatchNext Match
Education: reasonable adjustmentsPrevious MatchNext Match
The duty for further or higher education institutionsPrevious MatchNext Match
The duty relating to certain other further or higher education coursesPrevious MatchNext Match
The duty relating to recreational or training facilitiesPrevious MatchNext Match
The duty for general qualifications bodiesPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 14Previous MatchNext Match
Educational charities and endowmentsPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 15Previous MatchNext Match
Associations: reasonable adjustmentsPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 16Previous MatchNext Match
Associations: exceptionsPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 17Previous MatchNext Match
Disabled pupils: enforcementPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 2 Tribunals in England and WalesPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 18Previous MatchNext Match
Public sector equality duty: exceptionsPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 19Previous MatchNext Match
Public authoritiesPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 2 Public authorities: relevant Welsh authoritiesPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 3 Public authorities: relevant Scottish authoritiesPrevious MatchNext Match
Other bodies and offices added on 6th April 2011Previous MatchNext Match
Other body added on 26th November 2020
The Scottish National Investment Bank p.l.c.
Other office added on 1st December 2020
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner.
Other body added on 23rd December 2021
South of Scotland Enterprise.
PART 4 PUBLIC AUTHORITIES: CROSS-BORDER AUTHORITIESPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 21Previous MatchNext Match
Reasonable adjustments: supplementaryPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 22Previous MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 23Previous MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 25Previous MatchNext Match
Information society servicesPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 26Previous MatchNext Match
AmendmentsPrevious MatchNext Match
Part 1 Acts of ParliamentPrevious MatchNext Match
Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944Previous MatchNext Match
Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965Previous MatchNext Match
Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982Previous MatchNext Match
Local Government Act 1988Previous MatchNext Match
9.Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1988 (public supply...Previous MatchNext Match
10.In section 17 (local and other public authority contracts: exclusion...Previous MatchNext Match
11.Omit section 18 (exceptions to section 17 relating to race...Previous MatchNext Match
12.In section 19 (provisions supplementary to or consequential on section...Previous MatchNext Match
Employment Act 1989Previous MatchNext Match
13.The Employment Act 1989 is amended as follows. Previous MatchNext Match
14.In section 8 (exemption for discrimination in favour of lone...Previous MatchNext Match
15.(1) Section 12 . . . (Sikhs: requirements as to...Previous MatchNext Match
16.In section 28 (orders etc. ), omit subsections (2), (3)...Previous MatchNext Match
17.In section 29(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “the 1975...Previous MatchNext Match
Local Government and Housing Act 1989Previous MatchNext Match
Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990Previous MatchNext Match
19.The Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 is amended...Previous MatchNext Match
20.In section 2(4)(a) (functions in relation to training for employment...Previous MatchNext Match
21.In section 16(2) (courses of training etc. : duty to...Previous MatchNext Match
22.For section 17 (encouragement of women, members of minority racial...Previous MatchNext Match
Further and Higher Education Act 1992Previous MatchNext Match
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992Previous MatchNext Match
Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993Previous MatchNext Match
Employment Tribunals Act 1996Previous MatchNext Match
27.The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 is amended as follows. Previous MatchNext Match
28.In section 5(2)(c) (remuneration, fees and allowances) for “2A(1)(b) of...Previous MatchNext Match
29.In section 7(3)(h) (employment tribunal procedure regulations) for “2A(1)(b) of...Previous MatchNext Match
30.In section 12(1) (restriction of publicity in disability cases) for...Previous MatchNext Match
31.In section 18(1) (tribunal proceedings to which conciliation provisions apply)—...Previous MatchNext Match
32.In section 21(1) (Jurisdiction of appeal tribunal)— Previous MatchNext Match
Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996Previous MatchNext Match
Education Act 1996Previous MatchNext Match
35.The Education Act 1996 is amended as follows. Previous MatchNext Match
36.(1) Section 317 of the Education Act 1996 (duties of...Previous MatchNext Match
37.In section 336(4A) (tribunal procedure) for “claim under Chapter 1...Previous MatchNext Match
38.In section 509AC(5)(interpretation etc ), in the definition of “disabled...Previous MatchNext Match
39.Omit section 583(5) (commencement etc : transitory provision relating to...Previous MatchNext Match
40.In Schedule 35B (meaning of eligible child etc ), paragraph...Previous MatchNext Match
41.In Schedule 35C (school travel schemes), paragraph 14, in the...Previous MatchNext Match
42.(1) In Schedule 36A (education functions of local authorities) the...Previous MatchNext Match
Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998Previous MatchNext Match
School Standards and Framework Act 1998Previous MatchNext Match
44.The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is amended as...Previous MatchNext Match
45.In Schedule 5, in paragraph 6 (adjudicators, procedure) for subparagraphs...Previous MatchNext Match
46.(1) In Schedule 6, Part 5 (procedures for making transitional...Previous MatchNext Match
47.(1) In Schedule 7, in Part 6 (transitional exemption orders,...Previous MatchNext Match
Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003Previous MatchNext Match
Communications Act 2003Previous MatchNext Match
53.The Communications Act 2003 is amended as follows. Previous MatchNext Match
54.In section 27(5) (training and equality of opportunity)— Previous MatchNext Match
55.In section 337(9) (promotion of equal opportunities and training)— Previous MatchNext Match
56.In Schedule 12, in paragraph 23(6) (obligations of the Welsh...Previous MatchNext Match
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005Previous MatchNext Match
Equality Act 2006Previous MatchNext Match
61.The Equality Act 2006 is amended as follows. Previous MatchNext Match
62.(1) Section 8 (equality and diversity) is amended as follows....Previous MatchNext Match
63.In section 10(2) (meaning of group) for paragraph (d) substitute—...Previous MatchNext Match
64.For section 11(3)(c) (interpretation) substitute— (c) a reference to the...Previous MatchNext Match
65.(1) Section 14 (codes of practice) is amended as follows....Previous MatchNext Match
66.In section 16(4) (inquiries: matters which the Commission may consider...Previous MatchNext Match
67.In section 21(2)(b) (unlawful act notice: specification of legislative provision)...Previous MatchNext Match
68.After section 24 insert— Enforcement powers: supplemental (1) This section has effect in relation to— Previous MatchNext Match
69.Omit section 25 (restraint of unlawful advertising etc.). Previous MatchNext Match
71.(1) Section 27 (conciliation) is amended as follows. Previous MatchNext Match
72.(1) Section 28 (legal assistance) is amended as follows. Previous MatchNext Match
73.For section 31(1) (duties in respect of which Commission may...Previous MatchNext Match
74.(1) Section 32 (public sector duties: compliance notice) is amended...Previous MatchNext Match
75.Omit section 33 (equality and human rights enactments). Previous MatchNext Match
76.(1) Section 34 (meaning of unlawful) is amended as follows....Previous MatchNext Match
77.(1) Section 35 (general: definitions) is amended as follows. Previous MatchNext Match
78.In section 39(4) (orders subject to affirmative resolution procedure) for...Previous MatchNext Match
79.Omit section 43 (transitional: rented housing in Scotland). Previous MatchNext Match
80.Omit Part 2 (discrimination on grounds of religion or belief)....Previous MatchNext Match
83.In section 94(3) (extent: Northern Ireland)— (a) omit “and 41...Previous MatchNext Match
84.(1) Schedule 1 (the Commission: constitution, etc.) is amended as...Previous MatchNext Match
85.In Schedule 3 (consequential amendments), omit paragraphs 6 to 35...Previous MatchNext Match
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006Previous MatchNext Match
Childcare Act 2006Previous MatchNext Match
87.The Childcare Act 2006 is amended as follows. Previous MatchNext Match
88.In section 6(6) (duty to secure sufficient childcare for working...Previous MatchNext Match
89.In section 12(8) (duty to provide information, advice and assistance)...Previous MatchNext Match
90.In section 22(6) (duty to secure sufficient childcare for working...Previous MatchNext Match
91.In section 27(8) (duty to provide information, advice and assistance...Previous MatchNext Match
Education and Inspections Act 2006Previous MatchNext Match
92.The Education and Inspections Act 2006 is amended as follows....Previous MatchNext Match
93.In section 21(5) (proposals under section 19: procedure) for “section...Previous MatchNext Match
94.In section 91(7) (enforcement of disciplinary penalties) for “Disability Discrimination...Previous MatchNext Match
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008Previous MatchNext Match
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009Previous MatchNext Match
Part 2 Acts of the Scottish ParliamentPrevious MatchNext Match
Education (Disability Strategies and Pupils' Educational Records)(Scotland) Act 2002Previous MatchNext Match
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002Previous MatchNext Match
Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004Previous MatchNext Match
Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009Previous MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 27Previous MatchNext Match
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