{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wales-act-2017/section-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wales-act-2017/section-44.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/4",
  "legislation_title": "Wales Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wales-act-2017",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Equal opportunities: public sector equality duty",
  "text": "(1) The Equality Act 2010 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 152 (power to specify public authorities: consultation and consent)—\n(a) in subsection (2), for the words after ““must”” substitute “ consult the Commission, and after making such an order they must inform a Minister of the Crown. ”;\n(b) in the heading omit ““and consent””.\n(3) In section 154 (power to impose specific duties: cross-border authorities), in the second column of the table in subsection (3), for the words ““The Welsh Ministers must consult a Minister of the Crown before”” in both places substitute “ The Welsh Ministers must inform a Minister of the Crown after ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 44 in force at 1.4.2018 by S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/4/section/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:46.312581+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}