Section 216 — Equality Act 2010: Commencement

Commencement 216 1 The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

a section 186(2) (rail vehicle accessibility: compliance);

b this Part (except sections 202 (civil partnerships on religious premises), 206 (information society services) and 211 (amendments, etc)).

2 Part 15 (family property) comes into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order appoint.

3 Subject to subsections (4) and (6) , the other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as a Minister of the Crown may by order appoint.

4 The following provisions of Part 1 (socio-economic inequalities) come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint—

a section 1, so far as it applies to a relevant authority as defined by section 2(5);

b section 2, so far as it confers a power on the Scottish Ministers;

c section 3, for the purposes of section 1 to the extent mentioned in paragraph (a).

5 The following do not apply to an order under subsection (4)—

a section 207(2) (see instead section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010: powers exercisable by Scottish statutory instrument),

and b section 210.

6 The following provisions of Part 1 come into force on such day as the Welsh Ministers may by order appoint—

a section 1, so far as it applies to a relevant authority as defined by section 2(6);

b section 2, so far as it confers a power on the Welsh Ministers;

c section 3, for the purposes of section 1 to the extent mentioned in paragraph (a).

7 Section 209 does not apply to an order under subsection (6).