Amendment of section 9 of the Race Relations Act 19762.
(1)
Section 9 of the Race Relations Act 1976 is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1), at the end there is added—
“to the extent that the act—
- (a)
relates to the pay the person receives in respect of his employment, and
- (b)
amounts to discrimination against the person on the basis of his nationality.”.
(3)
In subsection (2), at the end there is added—
“to the extent that the act—
- (a)
relates to the pay the person receives in respect of the work, and
- (b)
amounts to discrimination against the person on the basis of his nationality.”.
(4)
After subsection (4) there is added—
“(5)
In this section—
“pay” includes retirement or death benefit;
“retirement or death benefit” means a pension, annuity, lump sum, gratuity or other similar benefit which will be paid or given to the employee or contract worker or a member of his family or household in the event of his retirement or death.”.