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INTRODUCTION
Background and summary
Summary
Overview of the structure of the Bill
Summary of the Impact Assessments
Public sector costs and manpower effects
Other costs and benefits
Summary of the (Equality) Impact Assessment
Carbon impact
Territorial extent and application
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights
Transposition of EU Directives
Commencement
COMMENTARY ON CLAUSES
Clause 2: Power to amend section 1
Clause 3: Enforcement
PART 2: KEY CONCEPTS
Clause 5: Age
Clause 6: Disability
Clause 7: Gender reassignment
Clause 8: Marriage and civil partnership
Clause 9: Race
Clause 10: Religion or belief
Clause 11: Sex
Clause 12: Sexual orientation
Chapter 2: Prohibited conduct
Clause 14: Combined discrimination: dual characteristics
Clause 15: Discrimination arising from disability
Clause 16: Gender reassignment discrimination: cases of absence from work
Clause 17: Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: non-work cases
Clause 18: Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: work cases
Clause 19: Indirect discrimination
Clause 20: Duty to make adjustments
Clause 21: Failure to comply with duty
Clause 22: Regulations
Clause 23: Comparison by reference to circumstances
Clause 24: Irrelevance of alleged discriminator's characteristics
Clause 25: References to particular strands of discrimination
Clause 26: Harassment
Clause 27: Victimisation
PART 3: SERVICES AND PUBLIC FUNCTIONS
Clause 29: Provision of services, etc.
Clause 30: Ships and hovercraft
Clause 31: Interpretation and exceptions
PART 4: PREMISES
Clause 33: Disposals, etc.
Clause 34: Permission for disposal
Clause 35: Management
Clause 36: Leasehold and commonhold premises and common parts
Clause 37: Adjustments to common parts in Scotland
Clause 38: Interpretation and exceptions
PART 5: WORK
Clause 40: Employees and applicants: harassment
Clause 41: Contract workers
Clause 42: Identity of employer
Clause 43: Interpretation
Clause 44: Partnerships
Clause 45: Limited liability partnerships
Clause 46: Interpretation
Clause 47: Barristers
Clause 48: Advocates
Clause 49: Personal offices: appointments, etc.
Clause 50: Public offices: appointments, etc.
Clause 51: Public offices: recommendations for appointments etc.
Clause 52: Interpretation and exceptions
Clause 53: Qualifications bodies
Clause 54: Interpretation
Clause 55: Employment service-providers
Clause 56: Interpretation
Clause 57: Trade organisations
Clause 58: Official business of members
Clause 59: Interpretation
Clause 60: Enquiries about disability and health
CHAPTER 2: OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES
Clause 62: Non-discrimination alterations
Clause 63: Communications
Chapter 3: Equality of terms
Clause 65: Equal work
Clause 66: Sex equality clause
Clause 67: Sex equality rule
Clause 68: Sex equality rule: consequential alteration of schemes
Clause 69: Defence of material factor
Clause 70: Exclusion of sex discrimination provisions
Clause 71: Sex discrimination in relation to contractual pay
Clause 72: Relevant types of work
Clause 73: Maternity equality clause
Clause 74: Maternity equality clause: pay
Clause 75: Maternity equality rule
Clause 76: Exclusion of pregnancy and maternity discrimination provisions
Clause 77: Discussions with colleagues
Clause 78: Gender pay gap information
Clause 79: Colleagues
Clause 80: Interpretation and exceptions
Chapter 4: Supplementary
Clause 82: Offshore work
Clause 83: Interpretation and exceptions
PART 6: EDUCATION
Clause 85: Pupils: admission and treatment, etc.
Clause 86: Victimisation of pupils, etc. for the conduct of parents, etc.
Clause 87: Application of certain powers under Education Act 1996
Clause 88: Disabled pupils: accessibility
Clause 89: Interpretation and exceptions
Chapter 2: Further and higher education
Clause 91: Students: admission and treatment, etc.
Clause 92: Further and higher education courses
Clause 93: Recreational or training facilities
Clause 94: Interpretation and exceptions
Chapter 3: General qualifications bodies
Clause 96: Qualifications bodies
Clause 97: Interpretation
Chapter 4: Miscellaneous
Clause 99: Educational charities and endowments
PART 7: ASSOCIATIONS
Clause 101: Members and associates
Clause 102: Guests
Clause 103: Sections 101 and 102: further provision
Clause 104: Selection of candidates
Clause 105: Time-limited provision
Clause 106: Interpretation and exceptions
PART 8: PROHIBITED CONDUCT: ANCILLARY
Clause 108: Liability of employers and principals
Clause 109: Liability of employees and agents
Clause 110: Instructing, causing or inducing discrimination
Clause 111: Aiding contraventions
PART 9: ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 2: Civil courts
Clause 114: Immigration cases
Clause 115: Education cases
Clause 116: National security
Clause 117: Time limits
Clause 118: Remedies
Chapter 3: Employment tribunals
Clause 120: Jurisdiction in armed forces cases
Clause 121: References by court to tribunal, etc.
Clause 122: Time limits
Clause 123: Remedies: general
Clause 124: Remedies: national security
Clause 125: Remedies: occupational pension schemes
Chapter 4: Equality of terms
Clause 127: References by court to tribunal, etc.
Clause 128: Time limits
Clause 129: Section 128: supplementary
Clause 130: Assessment of whether work is of equal value
Clause 131: Remedies in non-pensions cases
Clause 132: Remedies in pensions cases
Clause 133: Remedies in claims for arrears brought by pensioner members
Clause 134: Supplementary
Chapter 5: Miscellaneous
Clause 136: Previous findings
Clause 137: Obtaining information etc.
Clause 138: Interest
Clause 139: Conduct giving rise to separate proceedings
Clause 140: Interpretation, etc.
PART 10: CONTRACTS, ETC.
Clause 142: Removal or modification of unenforceable terms
Clause 143: Contracting out
Clause 144: Void and unenforceable terms
Clause 145: Declaration in respect of void term, etc.
Clause 146: Meaning of “qualifying compromise contract”
Clause 147: Interpretation
PART 11: ADVANCEMENT OF EQUALITY
Clause 149: Public authorities and public functions
Clause 150: Power to specify public authorities
Clause 151: Power to specify public authorities: consultation and consent
Clause 152: Power to impose specific duties
Clause 153: Power to impose specific duties: cross-border authorities
Clause 154: Power to impose specific duties: supplementary
Clause 155: Enforcement
Clause 156: Interpretation
Chapter 2: Positive action
Clause 158: Positive action: recruitment and promotion
PART 12: DISABLED PERSONS: TRANSPORT
Clause 160: Designated transport facilities
Clause 161: Taxi licence conditional on compliance with taxi accessibility regulations
Clause 162: Exemption from taxi accessibility regulations
Clause 163: Passengers in wheelchairs
Clause 164: Passengers in wheelchairs: exemption certificates
Clause 165: Lists of wheelchair-accessible vehicles
Clause 166: Assistance dogs in taxis
Clause 167: Assistance dogs in taxis: exemption certificates
Clause 168: Assistance dogs in private hire vehicles
Clause 169: Assistance dogs in private hire vehicles: exemption certificates
Clause 170: Appeals
Clause 171: Interpretation
Chapter 2: Public service vehicles
Clause 173: Offence of contravening PSV accessibility regulations
Clause 174: Accessibility certificates
Clause 175: Approval certificates
Clause 176: Special authorisations
Clause 177: Reviews and appeals
Clause 178: Fees
Clause 179: Interpretation
Chapter 3: Rail vehicles
Clause 181: Exemptions from rail vehicle accessibility regulations
Clause 182: Procedure for making exemption orders
Clause 183: Annual report on exemption orders
Clause 184: Rail vehicle accessibility: compliance
Clause 185: Interpretation
Chapter 4: Supplementary
PART 13: DISABILITY: MISCELLANEOUS
Clause 188: Improvements to let dwelling houses
PART 14: GENERAL EXCEPTIONS
Clause 190: National security
Clause 191: Charities
Clause 192: Charities: supplementary
Clause 193: Sport
Clause 194: General
Clause 195: Age
PART 15: GENERAL
Clause 197: Crown application
Clause 198: Information society services
Clause 199: Exercise of power
Clause 200: Ministers of the Crown
Clause 201: The Welsh Ministers
Clause 202: The Scottish Ministers
Clause 203: Amendments, repeals and revocations
Clause 204: General interpretation
Clause 205: References to maternity leave, etc.
Clause 206: Index of defined expressions
Clause 207: Money
Clause 208: Commencement
Clause 209: Extent
Clause 210: Short title
Schedule 1: Disability: supplementary provision
Schedule 2: Services and public functions: reasonable adjustments
Schedule 3: Services and public functions: exceptions
Schedule 4: Premises: reasonable adjustments
Schedule 5: Premises: exceptions
Schedule 6: Office-holders: excluded offices
Schedule 7: Equality of terms: exceptions
Schedule 8: Work: reasonable adjustments
Schedule 9: Work: exceptions
Part 3: Other exceptions
Schedule 10: Accessibility for disabled pupils
Part 1: Sex discrimination
Part 2: Religious or belief-related discrimination
Schedule 12: Further and higher education exceptions
Schedule 13: Education: reasonable adjustments
Schedule 14: Educational charities and endowments
Schedule 15: Associations: reasonable adjustments
Schedule 16: Associations: exceptions
Schedule 17: Disabled pupils: enforcement
Schedule 18: Public sector equality duty: exceptions
Schedule 19: Public authorities
Schedule 20: rail vehicle accessibility: compliance
Schedule 21: Reasonable adjustments: supplementary
Schedule 22: Statutory provisions
Schedule 23: General exceptions
Schedule 24: Harmonisation: exceptions
Schedule 25: Information society services
Schedule 26: Amendments
Schedule 27: Repeals and revocations
Schedule 28: Index of defined expressions
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