{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/3",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Groups",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In this Part “group” means a group or class of persons who share a common attribute in respect of any of the following matters—\n(a) age,\n(b) disability,\n(c) gender,\n(d) gender reassignment (within the meaning of section 7 of the Equality Act 2010),\n(e) race,\n(f) religion or belief, and\n(g) sexual orientation.\n(3) For the purposes of this Part a reference to a group (as defined in subsection (2)) includes a reference to a smaller group or smaller class, within a group, of persons who share a common attribute (in addition to the attribute by reference to which the group is defined) in respect of any of the matters specified in subsection (2)(a) to (g).\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 10(1) omitted (25.6.2013) by virtue of Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 64(1)(a), 103(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 10(2)(d) substituted (1.10.2010) by Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), s. 216(3), Sch. 26 para. 63 (with ss. 6(4), 205); S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2(15)(e)(iv) (as amended (1.10.2010) by S.I. 2010/2337, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 10(4)-(7) omitted (25.6.2013) by virtue of Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 64(1)(a), 103(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:16.673281+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}