{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-142",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-142.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "section/142",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "142",
  "heading": "Unenforceable terms",
  "text": "(1) A term of a contract is unenforceable against a person in so far as it constitutes, promotes or provides for treatment of that or another person that is of a description prohibited by this Act.\n(2) A relevant non-contractual term is unenforceable against a person in so far as it constitutes, promotes or provides for treatment of that or another person that is of a description prohibited by this Act, in so far as this Act relates to disability.\n(3) A relevant non-contractual term is a term which—\n(a) is a term of an agreement that is not a contract, and\n(b) relates to the provision of an employment service within section 56(2)(a) to (e) or to the provision under a group insurance arrangement of facilities by way of insurance.\n(4) A reference in subsection (1) or (2) to treatment of a description prohibited by this Act does not include—\n(a) a reference to the inclusion of a term in a contract referred to in section 70(2)(a) or 76(2), or\n(b) a reference to the failure to include a term in a contract as referred to in section 70(2)(b).\n(5) Subsection (4) does not affect the application of section 148(2) to this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/142",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:03:45.890819+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."
  }
}