Equality Act 2010
2010 c. 15 · 233 provisionsView on legislation.gov.uk
An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; to amend the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships; and for connected purposes.
- Akerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities Limited [2015] UKSC 15
- Anwar v The Advocate General for Scotland [2021] UKSC 44
- Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley and others [2021] UKSC 10
- Beghal v Director of Public Prosecutions [2015] UKSC 49
- Birmingham City Council v Abdulla and others [2012] UKSC 47
- Bull and another v Hall and another [2013] UKSC 73
- CAO v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 32
- Clyde & Co LLP and another v Bates van Winkelhof [2014] UKSC 32
- Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd [2024] UKSC 29
- Essop and others v Home Office (UK Border Agency); Naeem v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 27
- FirstGroup Plc v Paulley [2017] UKSC 4
- Gilham v Ministry of Justice [2019] UKSC 44
- Glasgow City Council v X (Scotland) [2025] UKSC 13
- Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2012] UKSC 15
- Hotak v London Borough of Southwark; Kanu v London Borough of Southwark; Johnson v Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council [2015] UKSC 30
- Hounga v Allen and another [2014] UKSC 47
- Hunt v North Somerset Council [2015] UKSC 51
- Jivraj v Hashwani [2011] UKSC 40
- Jones v Kernott [2011] UKSC 53
- McCue (as guardian for Andrew McCue) v Glasgow City Council (Scotland) [2023] UKSC 1
- McDonald v McDonald and others [2016] UKSC 28
- Michalak v General Medical Council and others [2017] UKSC 71
- North and others v Dumfries and Galloway Council (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 45
- O’Connor v Bar Standards Board [2017] UKSC 78
- P v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2017] UKSC 65
- Patmalniece v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2011] UKSC 11
- Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Smith [2018] UKSC 29
- Poshteh v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2017] UKSC 36
- R (on the application of Carmichael and Rourke) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2016] UKSC 58
- R (on the application of Coll) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 40
- R (on the application of Hodkin and another) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2013] UKSC 77
- R (on the application of Imam) v London Borough of Croydon [2023] UKSC 45
- R (on the application of Marouf) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 23
- R (on the application of McDonald) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2011] UKSC 33
- R (on the application of Roberts) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and another [2015] UKSC 79
- R (on the application of SG and others (previously JS and others)) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2015] UKSC 16
- R (on the application of Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2015] UKSC 57
- R (on the application of UNISON) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51
- R v Golds (Appellant) [2016] UKSC 61
- R v Hackney London Borough Council and another [2020] UKSC 40
- R v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2017] UKSC 72
- Royal Mail Group Ltd v Efobi [2021] UKSC 33
- Sex Discrimination Act 1975
- Section 1: Direct and indirect discrimination against women
- Section 10: Meaning of employment at establishment in Great Britain.
- Section 10A: Offices and posts to which section 10B applies
- Section 10B: Office-holders
- Section 11: Partnerships.
- Section 12: Trade unions etc.
- Section 13: Qualifying bodies.
- Section 14: Persons concerned with provision of vocational training.
- Section 15: Employment agencies.
- Section 16: Manpower Services Commission etc.
- Section 17: Police.
- Section 18: Prison officers.
- Section 19: Ministers of religion etc.
- Section 2: Sex discrimination against men.
- Section 20: Midwives.
- Section 20A: Relationships which have come to an end
- Section 21A: Public authorities
- Section 22: . . . Bodies in charge of educational establishments.
- Section 22A: Meaning of pupil in section 22.
- Section 23: Other discrimination by local education authorities.
- Section 23A: Discrimination by further and higher education funding bodies
- Section 23BA: Discrimination by Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
- Section 23D: Discrimination by Training and Development Agency for Schools.
- Section 24: Designated establishments.
- Section 25: General duty in public sector of education.
- Section 25A: General duty: post-16 education and training etc.
- Section 26: Exception for single-sex establishments.
- Section 27: Exception for single-sex establishments turning co-educational.
- Section 29: Discrimination in provision of goods, facilities or services.
- Section 2A: “Discrimination on the grounds of gender reassignment.”
- Section 3: Discrimination against married persons and civil partners in employment field
- Section 30: Discrimination in disposal or management of premises.
- Section 31: Discrimination: consent for assignment or sub-letting.
- Section 32: Exception for small dwellings.
- Section 33: Exception for political parties.
- Section 34: Exception for voluntary bodies.
- Section 35: Further exceptions from ss. 29(1) and 30.
- Section 35A: . . . Barristers.
- Section 35B: . . . Advocates.
- Section 35C: Relationships which have come to an end
- Section 35ZA: Excluded matters
- Section 36: Extent of Part III.
- Section 37: Discriminatory practices.
- Section 38: Discriminatory advertisements.
- Section 39: Instructions to discriminate.
- Section 3A: Discrimination on the ground of pregnancy or maternity leave
- Section 3B: Discrimination on the ground of pregnancy or maternity: goods, facilities, services or premises
- Section 4: Discrimination by way of victimisation.
- Section 40: Pressure to discriminate.
- Section 41: Liability of employers and principals.
- Section 42: Aiding unlawful acts.
- Section 42A: Selection of candidates
- Section 43: Charities.
- Section 44: Sport etc.
- Section 45: Insurance etc.
- Section 46: Communal accommodation.
- Section 47: Discriminatory training by certain bodies.
- Section 48: Other discriminatory training etc.
- Section 49: Trade unions etc.: elective bodies.
- Section 4A: Harassment, including sexual harassment
- Section 5: Interpretation.
- Section 50: Indirect access to benefits etc.
- Section 51: Acts done for purposes of protection of women.
- Section 51A: Acts done under statutory authority to be exempt from certain provisions of Part III.
- Section 52: Acts safeguarding national security.
- Section 52A: Construction of references to vocational training.
- Section 53: Establishment and duties of Commission.
- Section 54: Research and education.
- Section 55: Review of discriminatory provisions in health and safety legislation.
- Section 56: Review of discriminatory provisions in health and safety legislation.
- Section 56A: Codes of practice.
- Section 57: Power to conduct formal investigations.
- Section 58: Terms of reference.
- Section 59: Power to obtain information.
- Section 6: . . . applicants and employees.
- Section 60: Recommendations and reports on formal investigations.
- Section 61: Restriction on disclosure of information.
- Section 62: Restriction of proceedings for breach of Act.
- Section 63: Jurisdiction of employment tribunals.
- Section 63A: Burden of proof: employment tribunals
- Section 65: Remedies on complaint under section 63.
- Section 66: Claims under Part III.
- Section 66A: Burden of proof: county and sheriff courts
- Section 66B: National security
- Section 6A: Exception relating to terms and conditions during maternity leave
- Section 7: Exception where sex is a genuine occupational qualification.
- Section 74: Help for aggrieved persons in obtaining information etc.
- Section 76: Period within which proceedings to be brought.
- Section 76A: Public authorities: general statutory duty
- Section 76B: Specific duties
- Section 76C: Specific duties: Scotland
- Section 77: Validity and revision of contracts.
- Section 78: Educational charities in England and Wales.
- Section 79: Educational endowments etc. to which Part VI of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962 applies.
- Section 7A: “Corresponding exception relating to gender reassignment.”
- Section 7B: “Supplementary exceptions relating to gender reassignment.”
- Section 8: Equal Pay Act 1970.
- Section 80: Power to amend certain provisions of Act.
- Section 81: Orders.
- Section 82: General interpretation provisions.
- Section 83: Transitional and commencement provisions, amendments and repeals.
- Section 84: Financial provisions.
- Section 85: Application to Crown.
- Section 85A: Application to House of Commons staff.
- Section 85B: Application to House of Lords staff.
- Section 87: Short title and extent.
- Section 9: . . . contract workers.
- Equal Pay Act 1970
- Section 1: Disputes as to, and enforcement of, requirement of equal treatment.
- Section 11: Short title, interpretation and extent.
- Section 1A: Meaning of “political office” in section 1(6C)(a)
- Section 2: Procedure before tribunal in certain cases.
- Section 2A: Determination of “period” in proceedings in Scotland under section 2(5)
- Section 2ZA: “Qualifying date” under section 2(4)
- Section 2ZB: “Arrears date” in proceedings in England and Wales under section 2(5)
- Section 2ZC: Determination of “period” in proceedings in Scotland under section 2(5)
- Section 5: Agricultural wages orders.
- Section 6: Exclusion from ss. 1 to 5 of pensions etc.
- Section 7: Service pay.
- Section 7A: Service pay and conditions.
- Section 7AA: “Qualifying date” under section 7A(8)
- Section 7AB: “Arrears date” in proceedings in England and Wales under section 7A(9)
- Section 7AC: Determination of “period” in proceedings in Scotland under section 7A(9)
- Section 7B: Questioning of employer
- Section 9: Commencement.
- Race Relations Act 1976
- Section 1: Racial discrimination.
- Section 10: Partnerships.
- Section 11: Trade unions etc.
- Section 12: Qualifying bodies.
- Section 13: Persons concerned with provision of vocational training.
- Section 14: Employment agencies.
- Section 15: Manpower Services Commission etc.
- Section 17: . . . bodies in charge of educational establishments.
- Section 17A: Meaning of pupil in section 17.
- Section 18: Other discrimination etc. by local education authorities.
- Section 18A: Discrimination by further and higher education funding bodies
- Section 18BA: Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
- Section 18D: . . . Training and Development Agency for Schools.
- Section 19A: Discrimination by planning authorities.
- Section 19B: . . . public authorities.
- Section 19C: Exceptions or further exceptions from section 19B for judicial and legislative acts etc.
- Section 19D: Exception from section 19B for certain acts in immigration and nationality cases.
- Section 19F: Exceptions from section 19B for decisions not to prosecute etc.
- Section 2: Discrimination by way of victimisation.
- Section 20: . . . provision of goods, facilities or services.
- Section 21: . . . disposal or management of premises.
- Section 22: Exception from ss. 20(1) and 21: small dwellings.
- Section 23: Further exceptions from ss 20 and 21.
- Section 24: . . . consent for assignment or sub-letting.
- Section 25: Discrimination: associations not within s. 11.
- Section 26: Exception from s. 25 for certain associations.
- Section 26A: . . . barristers.
- Section 26B: . . . advocates.
- Section 27: Extent of Part III.
- Section 27A: Relationships which have come to an end
- Section 28: Discriminatory practices.
- Section 29: Discriminatory advertisements.
- Section 3: Meaning of “racial grounds", “racial group" etc.
- Section 30: Instructions to commit unlawful acts.
- Section 31: Pressure to commit unlawful acts.
- Section 33: Aiding unlawful acts.
- Section 34: Charities.
- Section 35: Special needs of racial groups in regard to education, training or welfare.
- Section 36: Provision of education or training for persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain.
- Section 37: Discriminatory training by certain bodies.
- Section 38: Other discriminatory training etc.
- Section 39: Sports and competitions.
- Section 3A: Harassment
- Section 40: Indirect access to benefits etc.
- Section 41: Acts done under statutory authority etc.
- Section 42: Acts safeguarding national security.
- Section 43: Establishment and duties of Commission.
- Section 44: Assistance to organisations.
- Section 45: Research and education.
- Section 46: Annual reports.
- Section 47: Codes of practice.
- Section 48: Power to conduct formal investigations.
- Section 49: Terms of reference.
- Section 4A: Exception for genuine occupational requirement
- Section 50: Power to obtain information.
- Section 51: Recommendations and reports on formal investigations.
- Section 52: Restriction on disclosure of information.
- Section 53: Restriction of proceedings for breach of Act.
- Section 54: Jurisdiction of employment tribunals.
- Section 54A: Burden of proof: employment tribunals
- Section 55: Burden of proof: employment tribunals
- Section 56: Remedies on complaint under s. 54.
- Section 57: Claims under Part III etc..
- Section 57A: Claims under section 19B in immigration cases.
- Section 57ZA: Burden of proof : County and Sheriff Courts
- Section 6: Exception for employment intended to provide training in skills to be exercised outside Great Britain.
- Section 65: Help for aggrieved persons in obtaining information etc.
- Section 67: Sheriff courts and designated county courts.
- Section 67A: National security: procedure.
- Section 68: Period within which proceedings to be brought.
- Section 69: Evidence.
- Section 71: Specified authorities: general statutory duty.
- Section 71A: General statutory duty: special cases.
- Section 71B: General statutory duty: Scotland and Wales.
- Section 72: Validity and revision of contracts.
- Section 72A: Collective agreements and rules of undertakings
- Section 72B: Collective agreements and rules of undertakings
- Section 73: Power to amend certain provisions of Act.
- Section 74: Orders and regulations.
- Section 75: Application to Crown etc.
- Section 75A: Application to House of Commons staff.
- Section 75B: Application to House of Lords staff.
- Section 76: Government appointments outside s. 4.
- Section 76A: Police forces.
- Section 76B: Other police bodies etc.
- Section 76ZA: Other office holders
- Section 77: Financial provisions.
- Section 78: General interpretation provisions.
- Section 79: Transitional and commencement provisions, amendments and repeals.
- Section 8: Meaning of employment at establishment in Great Britain.
- Section 80: Short title and extent.
- Section 9: Exception for seamen recruited abroad.
- Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes (A Partnership) [2012] UKSC 16
- The Christian Institute and others v The Lord Advocate [2016] UKSC 51
- The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia v Costantine [2025] UKSC 9
- Uber BV and others v Aslam and others [2021] UKSC 5
- Walker v Innospec Limited and others [2017] UKSC 47
- Williams v The Trustees of Swansea University Pension & Assurance Scheme and another [2018] UKSC 65
- Wolverhampton City Council and others v London Gypsies and Travellers and others [2023] UKSC 47
- X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau and another [2012] UKSC 59
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