{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-152",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-152.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "section/152",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "152",
  "heading": "Power to specify public authorities: consultation ...",
  "text": "(1) Before making an order under a provision specified in the first column of the Table, a Minister of the Crown must consult the person or persons specified in the second column.\nProvision\nConsultees\nSection 151(1)\nThe Commission\nSection 151(1), so far as relating to a relevant Welsh authority\nThe Welsh Ministers\nSection 151(1), so far as relating to a relevant Scottish authority\nThe Scottish Ministers\nSection 151(5)\nThe Commission\nSection 151(5), so far as relating to a cross-border Welsh authority\nThe Welsh Ministers\nSection 151(5), so far as relating to a cross-border Scottish authority\nThe Scottish Ministers\n(2) Before making an order under section 151(2), the Welsh Ministers must consult the Commission, and after making such an order they must inform a Minister of the Crown.\n(3) Before making an order under section 151(3), the Scottish Ministers must consult the Commission, and after making such an order they must inform a Minister of the Crown.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 152(2) substituted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 44(2)(a), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 152(3) substituted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 37(7), 72(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 152 heading omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 44(2)(b), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/152",
    "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."
  }
}