Article 2 Commencement of Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010

(1)

The following provisions of Part 1 (socio-economic inequalities) of the Equality Act 2010^f1 come into force on 1st April 2018—

(a)

in section 1 (public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities), subsections (1) to (3) and (6);

(b)

section 2 (power to amend section 1), so far as it confers a power on the Scottish Ministers; and

(c)

section 3 (enforcement).

(2)

For the avoidance of doubt, section 1(3) is commenced as originally enacted.

Annotations

f1: Sections 1 and 2 of the Equality Act 2010 are amended by section 38 of the Scotland Act 2016. Section 1 will also be relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2018/xxx. There are other amendments to section 1 that are not yet in force and not relevant to this Order.