{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wales-act-2017/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wales-act-2017/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/4",
  "legislation_title": "Wales Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wales-act-2017",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities",
  "text": "(1) The Equality Act 2010 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 1 (public sector duty), in subsection (2A), after paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) in the case of a duty imposed on an authority in relation to devolved Welsh functions, guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers;”.\n(3) In section 2 (power to amend section 1) omit subsections (7), (9) and (10).\n(4) Section 216 (commencement) is amended as follows.\n(5) In subsection (3), for ““subsection (4)”” substitute “ subsections (4) and (6) ”.\n(6) After subsection (5) insert—\n“(6) The following provisions of Part 1 come into force on such day as the Welsh Ministers may by order appoint—\n(a) section 1, so far as it applies to a relevant authority as defined by section 2(6);\n(b) section 2, so far as it confers a power on the Welsh Ministers;\n(c) section 3, for the purposes of section 1 to the extent mentioned in paragraph (a).\n(7) Section 209 does not apply to an order under subsection (6).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 45 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/45",
    "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."
}