- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Imprisonment 14 of 92 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 13 carry different penalties and 65 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 15 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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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.
Socio-economic inequalities
1 of 3 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Public authorities must consider socio-economic inequality in strategic decisionsCrown / Minister / Government department
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Equality: key concepts
0 of 25 sections shown25 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Services and public functions
1 of 4 sections shown- Do not discriminate, harass, or victimise when providing servicesTrader
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Premises
2 of 7 sections shown- Do not discriminate, harass, or victimise when selling or letting premisesAny Person
- Prevent discrimination, harassment, and victimisation in premises managementAny Person
5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Work
12 of 48 sections shown- Do not discriminate or victimise employees or applicants; make reasonable adjustmentsEmployer
- Prevent harassment of employees and job applicantsEmployer
- Prevent sexual harassment of employeesEmployer
- Protect contract workers from discrimination, harassment, and victimisationDirector or Officer
- Prevent discrimination, harassment, and victimisation in partnershipsEmployer
- Prevent discrimination, harassment, and victimisation in LLPsEmployer
- Prevent discrimination, harassment, and victimisation in legal chambersEmployer
- Prevent discrimination, harassment, and victimisation of legal advocatesAny Person
- Ensure non-discriminatory practices in professional qualificationsAny Person
- Do not discriminate when providing employment servicesAny Person
- Prevent discrimination, harassment, and victimisation in trade organisationsAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must not discriminate against or harass their membersLocal authority
36 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Education
3 of 16 sections shown- Prevent discrimination and harassment against pupils and applicantsAny Person
Fine up to £25,000
- Prevent discrimination, harassment, and victimisation of studentsAny Person
- Do not discriminate against job applicants or employeesAny Person
13 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Associations
8 of 8 sections shown- Do not discriminate against club members or associatesAny Person
- Prevent discrimination, harassment, and victimisation of guestsAny Person
- Provide reasonable adjustments for members and guestsAny Person
Prohibited conduct: ancillary
5 of 5 sections shown- Continue to meet equality duties after a relationship endsAny Person
- Make false statement to employee/agent about Equality Act complianceEmployer
- Making false statements about legal liability for discriminationEmployer
Unlimited fine · amended 8 times (opens in a new tab)
- Aid another in breaching equality dutiesAny Person
- Aid another to breach Equality Act discrimination rulesAny Person
Unlimited fine · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
Enforcement
33 of 34 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Tribunal may award compensation or recommendations for discriminationTribunal / Court
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Tribunal must consider compensation uplift in sexual harassment casesTribunal / Court
amended 7 times
- Employers must fund pension rights when tribunal awards a declarationEmployer
- Fund pension scheme to cover equality breach awardsEmployer
amended 1 time
amended 2 times
amended 2 times
amended 2 times
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
Contracts, etc.
7 of 7 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Courts may remove or change illegal terms in your contractsTribunal / Court
Advancement of equality
11 of 11 sections shownDisabled persons: transport
34 of 36 sections shown- Fail to comply with taxi accessibility regulationsAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Fail to carry disabled passenger or their equipmentAny Person
- Fail to carry disabled passenger, wheelchair or mobility aidsAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Fail to carry wheelchair passengers as requiredAny Person
- Failure of taxi or private hire driver to assist wheelchair usersAny Person
Fine up to £1,000 · amended 15 times (opens in a new tab)
- Fail to assist disabled passenger to find vehicleAny Person
- Fail to help a disabled passenger find a taxi or private hire vehicleAny Person
Fine up to £1,000 · amended 15 times
- Refuse booking for disabled passenger or charge extra dutyAny Person
Fine up to £1,000 · amended 9 times
- Fail to carry or allow assistance dog in taxiAny Person
- Refuse to carry assistance dog in taxiAny Person
Fine up to £1,000 · amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)
- Refuse booking or charge extra for assistance dogs in private hireAny Person
- Refuse or overcharge for assistance dogs in private hire vehiclesAny Person
Fine up to £1,000 · amended 7 times (opens in a new tab)
- Fail to comply with PSV accessibility regulationsAny Person
- Use or allow a non‑accessible public service vehicleAny Person
Fine up to £2,500 · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
- Operate a public service vehicle without required accessibility certificateAny Person
Fine up to £2,500 · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must issue and review guidance on bus passenger informationCrown / Minister / Government department
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
- Forge, alter or misuse exemption or accessibility certificatesAny Person
- Forge or misuse exemption, accessibility or approval certificatesAny Person
2 years imprisonment · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Disability: miscellaneous
2 of 2 sections shown- Consider requests from disabled tenants for home improvementsLandlord
General exceptions
7 of 7 sections shownFamily property
1 of 4 sections shown- Abolition of the common law duty for husbands to maintain wivesAny Person
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
General and miscellaneous
9 of 17 sections shown8 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Schedules
39 of 381 shown- Make reasonable adjustments to rented or shared premises for disabled peopleData Controller
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees and job applicantsDirector or Officer
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled students and pupilsEmployer
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled members and guestsAny Person
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled peopleAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Tribunal must consider relevant guidance when deciding disability statusTribunal / Court
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Minister must lay disability guidance before Parliament for approvalCrown / Minister / Government department
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled service usersAny Person
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled persons when providing services or exercising public functionsAny Person
- Understand when the duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to youAny Person
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled tenants in let premisesData Controller
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled people considering renting premisesData Controller
- Commonhold associations must treat disabled residents fairlyAny Person
- Make common parts accessible for disabled tenants when askedResponsible Person
- Do not penalise tenants or unit-holders for costs of making reasonable adjustments for disabled personsAny Person
- Comply with the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled personsEmployer
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled applicants and employees you know or should know aboutEmployer
- Make reasonable adjustments for interested disabled persons using your employment serviceEmployer
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled contract workers supplied to clientsEmployer
- Make false or misleading statement about lawful work treatmentAny Person
- Make false statements regarding occupational requirementsAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Knowingly or recklessly make false statement about discrimination exemptionAny Person
Unlimited fine
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must prepare, review and implement accessibility strategies for schoolsLocal authority
- Prepare and implement an accessibility plan for disabled pupilsAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- EHRC must not grant transitional exemption orders unless satisfied application is reasonableStatutory regulator
- Apply for a transitional exemption order for single-sex institutionsEmployer
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled pupils and applicantsAny Person
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled studentsAny Person
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled students and applicantsAny Person
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled people using your recreational or training facilitiesAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Minister may modify discriminatory educational trust restrictions on applicationCrown / Minister / Government department
- Associations must make reasonable adjustments for members and guestsEmployer
- Make reasonable adjustments for disabled members, associates and guestsAny Person
- Fail to comply with tribunal document or attendance requirementsAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Fail to comply with tribunal document or attendance orderAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities in Wales must provide advice and information on disability discrimination to disabled children and case friendsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority in Wales must set up dispute resolution arrangements for disabled childrenLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities in Wales must provide independent advocacy services for disabled childrenLocal authority
- Request court to join landlord to disability discrimination proceedingsOccupier
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Update training references from DDA 1995 to Equality Act 2010Crown / Minister / Government department
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