{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/3",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the Commission thinks that a person—\n(a) has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with a notice under paragraph 9, or\n(b) is likely to fail without reasonable excuse to comply with a notice under paragraph 9.\n(2) The Commission may apply to the county court (in England and Wales) or to the sheriff (in Scotland) for an order requiring a person to take such steps as may be specified in the order to comply with the notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 12(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/schedule/2/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:16.673281+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}