The Former Equality Commissions' Codes of Practice (Employment, Equal Pay, and Rights of Access for Disabled Persons) (Revocation) Order 2011
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2011/776 |
| Year | 2011 |
2011 No. 776
Equality
The Former Equality Commissions’ Codes of Practice (Employment, Equal Pay, and Rights of Access for Disabled Persons) (Revocation) Order 2011
Made 14th March 2011
Laid before Parliament 16th March 2011
Coming into force 6th April 2011
The Secretary of State, at the request of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 39(2)(c) and 42(3)(a) of the Equality Act 20061, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Former Equality Commissions’ Codes of Practice (Employment, Equal Pay, and Rights of Access for Disabled Persons) (Revocation) Order 2011 and comes into force on 6th April 2011.
Revocation of codes of practice
2. Subject to article 3, the following codes of practice are revoked—
(a) the code of practice for the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sex and marriage and the promotion of equality of opportunity in employment referred to in article 2 of the Sex Discrimination Code of Practice Order 19852;
(b) the Code of Practice on Equal Pay3referred to in article 2 of the Code of Practice on Equal Pay Order 20034;
(c) the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice on Employment and Occupation5referred to in article 2 of the Disability Discrimination Codes of Practice (Employment and Occupation, and Trade Organisations and Qualifications Bodies) Appointed Day Order 20046;
(d) the revised Code of Practice on Racial Equality in Employment7referred to in article 2 of the Race Relations Code of Practice relating to Employment (Appointed Day) Order 20068;
(e) the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice on Rights of Access: services to the public, public authority functions, private clubs and premises9referred to in article 2 of the Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Services, Public Functions, Private Clubs and Premises) (Appointed Day) Order 200610.
Transitional provision
3. The codes of practice referred to in article 2 are to continue to have effect for the purposes of section 15(4)(b) of the Equality Act 2006 in relation to any proceedings which may be brought under the Equal Pay Act 197011, the Sex Discrimination Act 197512, the Race Relations Act 197613or the Disability Discrimination Act 199514by virtue of article 11, 15 or 18 of the Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 201015.
Theresa May
Secretary of State for the Home Department
14th March 2011
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
Subject to the transitional provision in article 3, this Order revokes, with effect from 6th April 2011, various codes of practice (“the codes”) issued by former commissions dissolved pursuant to the Equality Act 2006 (Dissolution of Commissions and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 ( S.I. 2007/2602). The codes continued to have effect by virtue of section 42(3)(a) of the Equality Act 2006 (c.3). They were issued under provisions in previous discrimination legislation which were repealed by the Equality Act 2010 (c.15)with effect from 1st October 2010 (see S.I. 2010/2317 (C.112)).
The codes are: the code of practice for the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sex and marriage and the promotion of equality of...
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