Valid from 01/10/2007
The enactments listed in Schedule 4 are hereby repealed to the extent specified.
This Act applies (except as is otherwise expressly provided) to—
(a)Ministers of the Crown,
(b)government departments,
(c)office-holders in the Scottish Administration (within the meaning of section 126(7) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)), and
[F1(ca)the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales and the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government,]
F1(d)other agents of the Crown.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 92(c)(a) inserted by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 119, the amending provision coming into force immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see Government of Wales Act 2006, ss. 46, 161(5)
(1)The preceding provisions of this Act, except for sections 41, 42 and 86, shall come into force in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by order.
(2)An order under subsection (1)—
(a)shall be made by statutory instrument,
(b)may make provision generally or only for a specified purpose,
(c)may make different provision for different purposes, and
(d)may include transitional provisions and savings.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 93 power partly exercised; 18.4.2006, 4.12.2006 and 6.4.2007 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.I. 2006/1082}, arts. 2, 3, 4; 30.4.2007 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2007/1092}, art. 2; 1.10.2007 appointed for specified provisions by {2007/2603}, art. 2 (with art. 3)
(1)This Act extends only to—
(a)England and Wales, and
(b)Scotland.
(2)But—
(a)section 82 extends only to Northern Ireland, and
(b)except as provided by subsection (3), an amendment of an enactment by this Act shall have the same extent as the enactment amended (or as the relevant part of the enactment amended).
(3)Paragraphs 36 to 38 and 41 to 56 of Schedule 3 (which amend the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38) and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50)), together with corresponding entries in Schedule 4, shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
This Act may be cited as the Equality Act 2006.