The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Commencement) Order 1975

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into operation Parts II to VII of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the amendments and repeals in Schedules 5 and 6 thereto (that is to say all the provisions of the Act which did not come into operation on its passing); it also contains certain transitional provisions.

Save as mentioned below, Parts II to VII are brought into operation by Article 3 on 29th December 1975.

For the purposes specified in Article 4(1), section 8(6) (amendments of the Equal Pay Act 1970) is not brought into operation until 6th April 1978 (the date on which the equal access requirements of Part IV of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 come into operation). Article 4(2) contains consequential transitional modifications to Part I of Schedule 1 and to Schedule 4.

So far as sections 22 and 25 relate to the admission of pupils to educational establishments, Article 5 makes transitional provision that the sections shall not apply to offers of, or applications for, admission on a date before 1st September 1976.

Section 53 (establishment and duties of the Equal Opportunities Commission) is brought into operation forthwith and section 56 (annual reports of the Commission) is brought into operation on 1st January 1976 by Articles 6 and 7, respectively.

Article 8 contains transitional provision relating to the validity of contractual terms providing for the doing of an act which would be rendered unlawful by the Act.

Article 9 contains transitional provision relating to the operation of section 86 (government appointments outside section 6) pending the coming into operation of Parts II to VII.

Article 10 provides that the amendments and repeals contained in Schedules 5 and 6 shall come into operation on 29th December 1975.