1.—(1) The Equal Pay Act 1970(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In the following provisions(2) for “Minister” in each place substitute “Secretary of State”—
(a)section 2(2) (disputes as to, and enforcement of, requirement of equal treatment);
(b)section 5(1) and (3) (agricultural wages orders);
(c)section 7B(2) and (4) to (7) (questioning of employer)(3).
(3) In section 11 (short title, interpretation and extent), omit subsection (2B)(4).
1970 c. 41.The Act is prospectively repealed by the Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), Schedule 27.
All the provisions listed were amended by S.I. 2007/2914, Schedule.
Section 7B was inserted by the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), section 42.
Section 11(2B) was inserted by S.I. 2007/2914, Schedule.