2012 No. 2992
The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Treasury are a government department designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to discrimination.
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 21st December 2012.
2
In these Regulations “the Act” means the Equality Act 20103.
Amendment of the Equality Act 20102
Paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 (services: exceptions relating to insurance etc.) to the Act is omitted.
Transitional provision3
Despite its omission by regulation 2, paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 to the Act continues to apply to a contract concluded before 21st December 2012.
Review4
1
The Treasury must from time to time—
a
carry out a review of the regulatory system established by the Act insofar as it implements Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services4 in respect of insurance services,
b
set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and
c
publish the report.
2
In carrying out the review the Treasury must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Directive is implemented in other member States in respect of insurance services.
3
The report must in particular—
a
set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by the Act insofar as it implements the Directive in respect of insurance services,
b
assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and
c
assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
4
The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.
5
Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)