http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/148Equality Act 2010An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; to amend the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-08-14Expert Participation2026-07-15 Equality Act 2010s. 40(1A)-(1C)Employment Rights Act 2025s. 21s. 159(3)Equality Act 2010s. 40BEmployment Rights Act 2025s. 22(2)s. 159(3)Equality Act 2010s. 208(5)(aa)Employment Rights Act 2025s. 22(3)s. 159(3)Equality Act 2010s. 78(3A)(3B)Employment Rights Act 2025s. 34(2)s. 159(3)Equality Act 2010s. 153(1A)(1B)Employment Rights Act 2025s. 34(3)s. 159(3)Equality Act 2010s. 154(3A)(3B)Employment Rights Act 2025s. 34(4)s. 159(3) Part 10 1481This section applies for the purposes of this Part.2A reference to treatment of a description prohibited by this Act does not include treatment in so far as it is treatment that would contravene—aPart 1 (public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities), orbChapter 1 of Part 11 (public sector equality duty).3“Group insurance arrangement” means an arrangement between an employer and another person for the provision by that other person of facilities by way of insurance to the employer's employees (or a class of those employees).4“Collective agreement” has the meaning given in section 178 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.5A rule of an undertaking is a rule within subsection (6) or (7).6A rule within this subsection is a rule made by a trade organisation or a qualifications body for application to—aits members or prospective members,bpersons on whom it has conferred a relevant qualification, orcpersons seeking conferment by it of a relevant qualification.7A rule within this subsection is a rule made by an employer for application to—aemployees,bpersons who apply for employment, orcpersons the employer considers for employment.8“Trade organisation”, “qualifications body” and “relevant qualification” each have the meaning given in Part 5 (work).