Article 7 Transfer of rights and liabilities from Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

(1)

All rights and liabilities to which the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order in connection with the equality functions are transferred to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

(2)

In this Order “the equality functions” means the functions under the enactments listed in paragraph (3) that were immediately before 5th May 2006 entrusted to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and that have been entrusted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government before the making of this Order.

(3)

The enactments are—

(a)

the Equal Pay Act 1970^f1;

(b)

the Sex Discrimination Act 1975^f2;

(c)

Part 1 of the Equality Act 2006^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1970 c. 41.
f2: 1975 c. 65.
f3: 2006 c. 3.