Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

This Order may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 2010.

This Order comes into force on 1st October 2010 immediately after the commencement of the 2010 Order^f1.

In this Order—

• “the 1970 Act” means the Equal Pay Act 1970^f2;

• “the 1975 Act” means the Sex Discrimination Act 1975^f3;

• “the 1976 Act” means the Race Relations Act 1976^f4;

• “the 1986 Act” means the Sex Discrimination Act 1986^f5;

• “the 1989 Act” means the Employment Act 1989^f6;

• “the 1995 Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995^f7;

• “the Religion or Belief Regulations” means the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003^f8;

• “the 2003 Sexual Orientation Regulations” means the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003^f9;

• “the 2006 Act” means the Equality Act 2006^f10;

• “the Age Regulations” means the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006^f11;

• “the 2007 Sexual Orientation Regulations” means the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007^f12;

• “the 2010 Act” means the Equality Act 2010;

• “the 2010 Order” means the Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010;

• “previous enactment” means—

  1. (a)

     the 1970 Act;

  2. (b)

     the 1975 Act;

  3. (c)

     the 1976 Act;

  4. (d)

     the 1986 Act;

  5. (e)

     the 1995 Act;

  6. (f)

     the 2006 Act;

  7. (g)

     the Religion or Belief Regulations;

  8. (h)

     the 2003 Sexual Orientation Regulations;

  9. (i)

     the Age Regulations;

  10. (j)

      the 2007 Sexual Orientation Regulations.