2007 No. 2603 (C. 100)
The Equality Act 2006 (Commencement No.3 and Savings) Order 2007
Made
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 93 of the Equality Act 20061.
Citation and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Equality Act 2006 (Commencement No.3 and Savings) Order 2007.
Provisions coming into force2
Subject to article 3, the following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 1st October 2007—
a
sections 6 to 32;
b
section 40 (in so far as it is not yet in force);
c
section 91; and
d
Schedules 2 to 4.
Savings3
The consequential amendments in paragraphs 11, 12 (in so far as it applies to section 70 of the 1975 Act), 26, 27 (in so far as it applies to section 61 of the 1976 Act) and 59 of Schedule 3 to the 2006 Act and the repeals in Schedule 4 to that Act of Part VI and section 70 of the 1975 Act, Part VII and section 61 of the 1976 Act and the 1999 Act shall not have effect in relation to—
a
the discharge by the Commission of the functions specified in article 5(1) of the Equality Act 2006 (Dissolution of Commissions and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 20075 (discharge by the Commission of certain functions of the Commission for Racial Equality, the Disability Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission), or
b
section 61 of the 1975 Act (restriction on disclosure of information), section 52 of the 1976 Act (restriction on disclosure of information) and paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act (restriction on disclosure of information).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
(This note is not part of the Order)