Equality Act 2010

Part 1 E+W+S Public authorities: general

Ministers of the Crown and government departments E+W+S

• A Minister of the Crown.

• A government department other than the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service or the Government Communications Headquarters.

Armed forces E+W+S

• Any of the armed forces other than any part of the armed forces which is, in accordance with a requirement of the Secretary of State, assisting the Government Communications Headquarters.

[F1 Broadcasting E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries inserted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 2

• The British Broadcasting Corporation (“BBC”), except in respect of functions relating to the provision of a content service (within the meaning given by section 32(7) of the Communications Act 2003); and the reference to the BBC includes a reference to a body corporate which—

  (a)

  is a wholly owned subsidiary of the BBC,

  (b)

  is not operated with a view to generating a profit, and

  (c)

  undertakes activities primarily in order to promote the BBC's public purposes.

• The Channel Four Television Corporation, except in respect of—

  (a)

  functions relating to the provision of a content service (within the meaning given by section 32(7) of the Communications Act 2003), and

  (b)

  the function of carrying on the activities referred to in section 199 of that Act.

• The Welsh Authority (as defined by section 56(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1990), except in respect of functions relating to the provision of a content service (within the meaning given by section 32(7) of the Communications Act 2003).]

[F2 Civil liberties E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries inserted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 2

• The Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

• The Information Commissioner.]

[F3 Court services and legal services E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries inserted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 2

• The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

• The Judicial Appointments Commission.

• The Legal Services Board.

• The Legal Services Commission.]

[F4 Criminal justice E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries inserted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 2

• Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary.

• Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service.

• Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons.

• Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales.

• The Parole Board for England and Wales.

• A probation trust established by an order made under section 5(1) of the Offender Management Act 2007.

• The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.]

[F5 Environment, housing and development E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 19 Pt. 1: entries inserted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 2

• The Homes and Communities Agency.

• Natural England.

• The Office for Tenants and Social Landlords.

• The Olympic Delivery Authority.]

[F6 Health, social care and social security] E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries and related heading substituted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 3

• [F7 The Care Quality Commission.

• The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.

• The Health Service Commissioner for England, in respect of—

  (a)

  the Commissioner's functions set out in paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993; and

  (b)

  the Commissioner's public procurement functions (as defined in section 155(3) of this Act).

• The Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts.

• An NHS foundation trust within the meaning given by section 30 of the National Health Service Act 2006.

• An NHS trust established under section 25 of that Act.

• A Primary Care Trust established under section 18 of that Act, or continued in existence by virtue of that section.

• A Special Health Authority established under section 28 of that Act other than NHS Blood and Transplant and the NHS Business Services Authority.

• A Strategic Health Authority established under section 13 of that Act, or continued in existence by virtue of that section.]

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries and related heading substituted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 3

[F8 Industry, business, finance etc. E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries inserted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 4

• The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.

• The Bank of England, in respect of its public functions.

• The Civil Aviation Authority.

• The Competition Commission.

• The Financial Services Authority.

• The National Audit Office.

• [F9 The Office for Budget Responsibility.]

• The Office of Communications.]

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entry inserted (4.4.2011) by Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (c. 4), s. 3(2), Sch. 1 para. 28; S.I. 2011/892, art. 3, Sch. 2

Local government E+W+S

• A county council, district council or parish council in England.

• A parish meeting constituted under section 13 of the Local Government Act 1972.

• Charter trustees constituted under section 246 of that Act for an area in England.

• The Greater London Authority.

• A London borough council.

• The Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority or port health authority.

• The Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple or the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple, in that person's capacity as a local authority.

• The London Development Agency.

• The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.

• Transport for London.

• [F10 A Mayoral development corporation.]

• The Council of the Isles of Scilly.

• The Broads Authority established by section 1 of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988.

• A regional development agency established by the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (other than the London Development Agency).

• A fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies, for an area in England.

• An internal drainage board which is continued in being by virtue of section 1 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 for an area in England.

• A National Park authority established by an order under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995 for an area in England.

• A Passenger Transport Executive for an integrated transport area in England (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Transport Act 1968).

• A port health authority constituted by an order under section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 for an area in England.

• A waste disposal authority established by virtue of an order under section 10(1) of the Local Government Act 1985.

• A joint authority established under Part 4 of that Act for an area in England (including, by virtue of section 77(9) of the Local Transport Act 2008, an Integrated Transport Authority established under Part 5 of that Act of 2008).

• A body corporate established pursuant to an order under section 67 of the Local Government Act 1985.

• A joint committee constituted in accordance with section 102(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 for an area in England.

• A joint board which is continued in being by virtue of section 263(1) of that Act for an area in England.

• [F11 The Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England.

• A Local Commissioner in England as defined by section 23(3) of the Local Government Act 1974, in respect of—

  (a)

  the Commissioner's functions under sections 29(6A) and 34G(6) of that Act, and section 210(5) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009; and

  (b)

  the Commissioner's public procurement functions (as defined in section 155(3) of this Act).

• The Standards Board for England.]

Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entry inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 222, 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 62

F11 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries inserted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 5

Other educational bodies E+W+S

• The governing body of an educational establishment maintained by an English local authority (within the meaning of section 162 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006).

• The governing body of an institution in England within the further education sector (within the meaning of section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992).

• The governing body of an institution in England within the higher education sector (within the meaning of section 91(5) of that Act).

• [F12 The Higher Education Funding Council for England.

• A local authority with respect to the pupil referral units it establishes and maintains by virtue of section 19 of the Education Act 1996.

• The proprietor of a City Technology College, a City College for Technology or the Arts, or an Academy.]

Textual Amendments

F12 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries inserted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 6

[F13 Parliamentary and devolved bodies E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F13 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries inserted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 7

• The National Assembly for Wales Commission (Comisiwn Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru).

• The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, in respect of—

  (a)

  the Commissioner's functions set out in section 3(1) and (1A) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967; and

  (b)

  the Commissioner's public procurement functions (as defined in section 155(3) of this Act).

• The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.]

[F14 Police] E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F14 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries and related heading substituted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 8

• [F15 The British Transport Police Force.

• A chief constable of a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996.

• The Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency.

• The Civil Nuclear Police Authority.

• The Commissioner of Police for the City of London.

• The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

• The Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a police authority.

• The Independent Police Complaints Commission.

• The Metropolitan Police Authority established under section 5B of the Police Act 1996.

• A police authority established under section 3 of that Act.

• A Port Police Force established under an order made under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964.

• The Port Police Force established under Part 10 of the Port of London Act 1968.

• A Port Police Force established under section 79 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847.

• The Serious Organised Crime Agency.]

Textual Amendments

F15 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries and related heading substituted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 8

[F16 Regulators E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 19 Pt. 1 entries inserted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 9

• The Association of Authorised Public Accountants, in respect of its public functions.

• The Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, in respect of its public functions.

• The Association of International Accountants, in respect of its public functions.

• The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, in respect of its public functions.

• The Council for Licensed Conveyancers, in respect of its public functions.

• The General Chiropractic Council, in respect of its public functions.

• The General Council of the Bar, in respect of its public functions.

• The General Dental Council, in respect of its public functions.

• The General Medical Council, in respect of its public functions.

• The Health and Safety Executive.

• The Insolvency Practitioners Association, in respect of its public functions.

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, in respect of its public functions.

• The Institute of Legal Executives, in respect of its public functions.

• The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, in respect of its public functions.

• The Law Society of England and Wales, in respect of its public functions.

• The Nursing and Midwifery Council, in respect of its public functions.

• The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner.]