# The Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010, Article 7: Amendments to the Act


In section 135(6) (equality of terms: determination of length of arrears period in Scottish cases involving fraud, error or incapacity)—
(a) after “section 132(5)(a)” insert “or 134(6)(a)”, and
(b) for “20 years” substitute—
“5 years; and—
(a) if, as a result of subsection (7), that period is reckoned as a period of more than 5 years but no more than 20 years, the period for the purposes of section 132(5)(b) or (as the case may be) section 134(6)(b) is that extended period;
(b) if, as a result of subsection (7), that period is reckoned as a period of more than 20 years, the period for the purposes of section 132(5)(b) or (as the case may be) section 134(6)(b) is a period of 20 years.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2279/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-consequential-amendments-saving-and-supplementary-provisions-order-2010/article-7
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