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The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 15) (Wales) Order 2021

W.S.I. 2021/298 · Made 11 March 2021

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Equality, Wales

Made 11 March 2021

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 216(6)(a) and (c) of the Equality Act 2010f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2010 c. 15. Section 216(6) was inserted by the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), section 45(6).

Contents

  1. 1Title and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 31 March 2021
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and interpretation

(1)

The title of this Order is the Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 15) (Wales) Order 2021.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Equality Act 2010.

2Provisions coming into force on 31 March 2021

The following provisions of Part 1 of the Act (socio-economic inequalities) come into force on 31 March 2021—

(a)

section 1 (public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities), so far as it applies to a relevant authority as defined by section 2(6) of the Act;

(b)

section 3 (enforcement), for the purposes of section 1 so far as it applies to a relevant authority as defined by section 2(6) of the Act.

Signature

Jane Hutt

Deputy Minister and Chief Whip, under authority of the Welsh Ministers

11 March 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order commences sections 1 and 3 of the Equality Act 2010 (“the Act”), in so far as they apply to a relevant authority as defined by section 2(6) of the Act.