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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-137",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-137.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "section/137",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "137",
  "heading": "Previous findings",
  "text": "(1) A finding in relevant proceedings in respect of an act which has become final is to be treated as conclusive in proceedings under this Act.\n(2) Relevant proceedings are proceedings before a court or employment tribunal under any of the following—\n(a) section 19 or 20 of the Race Relations Act 1968;\n(b) the Equal Pay Act 1970;\n(c) the Sex Discrimination Act 1975;\n(d) the Race Relations Act 1976;\n(e) section 6(4A) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1986;\n(f) the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;\n(g) Part 2 of the Equality Act 2006;\n(h) the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1660);\n(i) the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1661);\n(j) the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031);\n(k) the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1263).\n(3) A finding becomes final—\n(a) when an appeal against the finding is dismissed, withdrawn or abandoned, or\n(b) when the time for appealing expires without an appeal having been brought.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 137 wholly in force; s. 137 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 216; s. 137 in force at 1.10.2010 by S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2(1)(9)(h) (with art. 15, and subject to transitional provision in art. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/137",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:05.794452+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."
  }
}