# The Equality Act 2010 (Equal Pay Audits) Regulations 2014, Regulation 3: Circumstances in which an audit must not be ordered


(1) A tribunal must not order the respondent to carry out an audit where it considers that—
(a) the information which would be required to be included in the audit under regulation 6 were the tribunal to make an order, is already available from an audit which has been completed by the respondent in the previous 3 years;
(b) it is clear without an audit whether any action is required to avoid equal pay breaches occurring or continuing;
(c) the breach which the tribunal has found gives no reason to think that there may be other breaches; or
(d) the disadvantages of an audit would outweigh its benefits.
(2) In paragraph (1), “previous 3 years” means the 3 years preceding the date on which the tribunal issues a judgment, orally or in writing, stating that there has been an equal pay breach.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111117330/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-equality-act-2010-equal-pay-audits-regulations-2014/regulation-3
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