No versions valid at: 04/08/2010
Point in time view as at 04/08/2010. This version of this cross heading contains provisions that are not valid for this point in time.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Equality Act 2010, Cross Heading: Preliminary.
Valid from 01/10/2010
(1)This Part does not apply to the following protected characteristics—
(a)age;
(b)marriage and civil partnership.
(2)This Part does not apply to discrimination, harassment or victimisation—
(a)that is prohibited by Part 5 (work) or Part 6 (education), or
(b)that would be so prohibited but for an express exception.
(3)This Part does not apply to the provision of accommodation if the provision—
(a)is generally for the purpose of short stays by individuals who live elsewhere, or
(b)is for the purpose only of exercising a public function or providing a service to the public or a section of the public.
(4)The reference to the exercise of a public function, and the reference to the provision of a service, are to be construed in accordance with Part 3.
(5)This Part does not apply to—
(a)a breach of an equality clause or rule;
(b)anything that would be a breach of an equality clause or rule but for section 69 or Part 2 of Schedule 7;
(c)a breach of a non-discrimination rule.
The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.
Would you like to continue?
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
