http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/214/2011-05-20
Equality Act 2010
An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; to amend the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships; and for connected purposes.
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Statute Law Database
2024-10-24
2011-05-20
Part 16General and miscellaneous
Interpretation
214Index of defined expressions
Schedule 28 lists the places where expressions used in this Act are defined or otherwise explained.