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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-commencement-no-1-order-2010/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1736",
  "legislation_title": "The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-commencement-no-1-order-2010",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This order may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2010.\n(2) In this order—\n“the 2006 Act” means the Equality Act 2006;\n“the Code” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice for Trade Organisations, Qualifications Bodies and General Qualifications Bodies (ISBN 978-1-84206-049-0) referred to in the Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Trade Organisations, Qualifications Bodies and General Qualifications Bodies)(Commencement) Order 2008; and\n“subordinate legislation” means Orders in Council, orders, rules or regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/1335."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1736/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:37:23.363474+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."
}