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Changes over time for: Section 216


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Version Superseded: 01/04/2018
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Point in time view as at 23/05/2016. This version of this provision has been superseded.

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Equality Act 2010, Section 216.

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(1)The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—
(a)section 186(2) (rail vehicle accessibility: compliance);
(b)this Part (except sections 202 (civil partnerships on religious premises), 206 (information society services) and 211 (amendments, etc)).
(2)Part 15 (family property) comes into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order appoint.
(3)[Subject to subsection (4),] the other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as a Minister of the Crown may by order appoint.
[(4)The following provisions of Part 1 (socio-economic inequalities) come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint—
(a)section 1, so far as it applies to a relevant authority as defined by section 2(5);
(b)section 2, so far as it confers a power on the Scottish Ministers;
(c)section 3, for the purposes of section 1 to the extent mentioned in paragraph (a).
(5)The following do not apply to an order under subsection (4)—
(a)section 207(2) (see instead section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010: powers exercisable by Scottish statutory instrument), and
(b)section 210.]
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