The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Order 2010
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2010/2622 |
| Year | 2010 |
2010 No. 2622
Equality
The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Order 2010
Made 27th October 2010
Laid before Parliament 29th October 2010
Coming into force 30th October 2010
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated1for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722in relation to discrimination, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by that section:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Order 2010.
(2) This Order comes into force on 30th October 2010.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
Amendment of section 76 of the Equality Act 2010
2. In section 76 of the Equality Act 20103(exclusion of pregnancy and maternity discrimination provisions), after subsection (1), insert the following—
“1A The relevant pregnancy and maternity discrimination provision has no effect in relation to a term of the woman’s work—
(a) that relates to pay, but
(b) in relation to which a maternity equality clause or rule has no effect.”
Lynne Featherstone
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
27th October 2010
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends section 76 of the Equality Act 2010 (c.15)(“the Act”) to ensure that a claim for pregnancy and maternity discrimination cannot be brought in relation to a term of a woman’s work that relates to pay where a maternity equality clause or rule has no effect. Section 76, together with sections 70 and 71 of the Act, are part of Chapter 3 of Part 5 of the Act governing equality of terms at work and are intended to replicate the effect of section 6(6) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65)(“the 1975 Act”). That provision operated so as to prevent a sex discrimination claim from being brought with respect to benefits consisting of the payment of money which was regulated by a contract of employment. Claims for discrimination arising out of such terms were to be brought exclusively under the Equal Pay Act 1970 (c.41)which governed all discrimination claims concerning contractual pay, including those brought in relation to maternity-related pay. Sections 70 and 71 of the Act replicate the effect of section 6(6) of the 1975 Act in relation to claims for sex discrimination concerning contractual pay (subject to the...
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