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Enforced by: EHRC
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.005 Agricultural wages orders. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Agricultural Wages Board must update orders to remove sex discriminationStatutory regulator

18 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Requirement of equal treatment for men and women in same employment.

s.001 Meaning of "political office" in section 1(7C)(a)

s.001 Equal treatment in respect of pensions

s.002 Disputes as to, and enforcement of, requirement of equal treatment.

s.002 Procedure before tribunal in certain cases.

s.002 “Qualifying date” under section 2(4)

s.002 Extension of time limit: mediation

s.002 Extension of time limits to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings

s.002 “Arrears date” in proceedings under section 2(5)

s.006 Exclusions from sections 1 to 5 etc.

s.006 Service pay and conditions.

s.006 “Qualifying date” under section 6A(8)

s.006 “Arrears date” in proceedings under section 6A(9)

s.006 Questioning of employer

s.010 Short title and interpretation.

s.paragraph/p10 S.4 rep. by 1988 NI 7

s.paragraph/p18 Ss.7—9 rep. by 1976 NI 15

s.paragraph/p9 S.3 rep. with saving by 1988 NI 13

Help complying

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Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.