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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-18/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-18/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "(1) Section 149(2) (application of section 149(1) to persons who are not public authorities but by whom public functions are exercisable) does not apply to—\n(a) a person listed in sub-paragraph (2);\n(b) the exercise of a function listed in sub-paragraph (3).\n(2) Those persons are—\n(a) the House of Commons;\n(b) the House of Lords;\n(c) the Scottish Parliament;\n(d) the National Assembly for Wales;\n(e) the General Synod of the Church of England;\n(f) the Security Service;\n(g) the Secret Intelligence Service;\n(h) the Government Communications Headquarters;\n(i) a part of the armed forces which is, in accordance with a requirement of the Secretary of State, assisting the Government Communications Headquarters.\n(3) Those functions are—\n(a) a function in connection with proceedings in the House of Commons or the House of Lords;\n(b) a function in connection with proceedings in the Scottish Parliament (other than a function of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body);\n(c) a function in connection with proceedings in the National Assembly for Wales (other than a function of the Assembly Commission).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/18/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:11.189587+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."
}