http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/70Equality 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 5Chapter 3701The relevant sex discrimination provision has no effect in relation to a term of A's that—ais modified by, or included by virtue of, a sex equality clause or rule, orbwould be so modified or included but for section 69 or Part 2 of Schedule 7.2Neither of the following is sex discrimination for the purposes of the relevant sex discrimination provision—athe inclusion in A's terms of a term that is less favourable as referred to in section 66(2)(a);bthe failure to include in A's terms a corresponding term as referred to in section 66(2)(b).3The relevant sex discrimination provision is, in relation to work of a description given in the first column of the table, the provision referred to in the second column so far as relating to sex.

Description of work	Provision
Employment	Section 39(2)
Appointment to a personal office	Section 49(6)
Appointment to a public office	Section 50(6)

Pt. 5 applied (1.8.2011) by the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1771), regs. 3-5Pt. 5 excluded (coming into force in accordance with reg. 2(1) of the commencing S.I.) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 5 para. 5(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/351, reg. 2(2) [Editorial note: S.I. 2017/1282 was made under 2017 c. 4, Sch. 5 para. 7(1) and comes into force on 12.12.2017]Pt. 5 restricted (S.) (29.5.2020) by Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 4), ss. 11(2), 13; S.S.I. 2020/119, reg. 2Pt. 5 excluded by 2005 c. 4, s. 27(5A)(b) (as inserted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 9; S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g))Pt. 5 excluded by 2005 c. 4, s. 63(4) (as inserted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 10(3); S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g))