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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (Equal Pay Audits) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st October 2014.

(2)

In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Equality Act 2010;

  • “audit” means an equal pay audit;

  • “date of complaint” means the date on which a complaint in respect of an equal pay breach is presented to a tribunal;

  • “date of judgment” means the date on which a tribunal finds that there has been an equal pay breach;

  • “relevant gender pay information” means information relating to the pay of men and women (including the maternity-related pay of women to whom section 74 of the Act applies (maternity equality clause: pay))—

    1. (a)

      who are employed by the respondent;

    2. (b)

      who are appointed to a personal or public office by the respondent;

    3. (c)

      for whom the respondent is the relevant person in relation to the terms of appointment to a personal or public office;

  • “relevant person” has the same meaning as in section 52(6) of the Act;

  • “tribunal” means an employment tribunal.