SCHEDULE 3Amendment of non-education subordinate legislation

Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1263)72

1

The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.

2

For the heading to regulation 7 substitute—

Educational establishments, education functions and education authorities

3

In regulation 7 for paragraph (4) substitute—

4

It is unlawful—

a

for a local authority in England and Wales in exercise of education functions, or

b

for an education authority in Scotland in exercise of their functions

to discriminate against a person.

4

In regulation 20—

a

in paragraph (2)—

i

for “local education authority” substitute “local authority”,

ii

for “by virtue of regulation 7 or 8” substitute “by virtue of regulation 7 or, in the exercise of education functions, regulation 8”,

b

after paragraph (5) insert—

6

In this regulation “local authority” and “education functions” have the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996.

5

In Schedule 3 for “local education authority” in each place where those words occur substitute “local authority”.