Equality Act 2010
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 91 — Students: admission and treatment, etc.
Students: admission and treatment, etc. 91 1 The responsible body of an institution to which this section applies must not discriminate against a person— a in the arrangements it makes for deciding…
Section 92 — Further and higher education courses
Further and higher education courses 92 1 The responsible body in relation to a course to which this section applies must not discriminate against a person— a in the arrangements it makes for…
Section 93 — Recreational or training facilities
Recreational or training facilities 93 1 The responsible body in relation to facilities to which this section applies must not discriminate against a person— a in the arrangements it makes for…
Section 94 — Interpretation and exceptions
Interpretation and exceptions 94 1 This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter. 2 Nothing in this Chapter applies to anything done in connection with the content of the curriculum. 3 A…
Section 95 — Application of this Chapter
Application of this Chapter 95 This Chapter does not apply to the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership.
Section 96 — Qualifications bodies
Qualifications bodies 96 1 A qualifications body (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— a in the arrangements A makes for deciding upon whom to confer a relevant qualification; b as to the…
Section 97 — Interpretation
Interpretation 97 1 This section applies for the purposes of section 96. 2 A qualifications body is an authority or body which can confer a relevant qualification. 3 A relevant qualification is an…
Section 98 — Reasonable adjustments
Reasonable adjustments 98 Schedule 13 (reasonable adjustments) has effect.
Section 99 — Educational charities and endowments
Educational charities and endowments 99 Schedule 14 (educational charities and endowments) has effect.
Section 100 — Application of this Part
Application of this Part 100 1 This Part does not apply to the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership. 2 This Part does not apply to discrimination, harassment or victimisation— a…
Section 101 — Members and associates
Members and associates 101 1 An association (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— a in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to admit to membership; b as to the terms on which A is…
Section 102 — Guests
Guests 102 1 An association (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)— a in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to invite, or who to permit to be invited, as a guest; b as to the terms on…
Section 103 — Sections 101 and 102: further provision
Sections 101 and 102: further provision 103 1 A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to an association. 2 In the application of section 26 for the purposes of section 101(4) or 102(3), neither…
Section 104 — Selection of candidates
Selection of candidates 104 1 This section applies to an association which is a registered political party. 2 A person does not contravene this Part only by acting in accordance with selection…
Section 105 — Time-limited provision
Time-limited provision 105 1 Section 104(7) and the words “, subject to subsection (7),” in section 104(3)(c) are repealed at the end of 2030 unless an order is made under subsection (2). 2 At any…
Section 106 — Information about diversity in range of candidates, etc.
Information about diversity in range of candidates, etc. 106 1 This section applies to an association which is a registered political party. 2 If the party had candidates at a relevant election, the…
Section 107 — Interpretation and exceptions
Interpretation and exceptions 107 1 This section applies for the purposes of this Part. 2 An “association” is an association of persons— a which has at least 25 members, and b admission to membership…
Section 108 — Relationships that have ended
Relationships that have ended 108 1 A person (A) must not discriminate against another (B) if— a the discrimination arises out of and is closely connected to a relationship which used to exist…
Section 109 — Liability of employers and principals
Liability of employers and principals 109 1 Anything done by a person (A) in the course of A's employment must be treated as also done by the employer. 2 Anything done by an agent for a principal,…
Section 110 — Liability of employees and agents
Liability of employees and agents 110 1 A person (A) contravenes this section if— a A is an employee or agent, b A does something which, by virtue of section 109(1) or (2), is treated as having been…
Section 111 — Instructing, causing or inducing contraventions
Instructing, causing or inducing contraventions 111 1 A person (A) must not instruct another (B) to do in relation to a third person (C) anything which contravenes Part 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 or section…
Section 112 — Aiding contraventions
Aiding contraventions 112 1 A person (A) must not knowingly help another (B) to do anything which contravenes Part 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 or section 108(1) or (2) or 111 (a basic contravention). 2 It is not…
Section 113 — Proceedings
Proceedings 113 1 Proceedings relating to a contravention of this Act must be brought in accordance with this Part. 2 Subsection (1) does not apply to proceedings under Part 1 of the Equality Act…
Section 114 — Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction 114 1 The county court or, in Scotland, the sheriff has jurisdiction to determine a claim relating to— a a contravention of Part 3 (services and public functions); b a contravention of…
Section 115 — Immigration cases
Immigration cases 115 1 A claim is within this section if it relates to the act of an immigration authority in taking a relevant decision and— a the question whether the act is a contravention of…
Section 116 — Education cases
Education cases 116 1 A claim is within this section if it may be made to— a the First-tier Tribunal in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 17, b the Education Tribunal for Wales in accordance with…
Section 117 — National security
National security 117 1 Rules of court may, in relation to proceedings on a claim within section 114, confer power as mentioned in subsections (2) to (4); but a power so conferred is exercisable only…
Section 118 — Time limits
Time limits 118 1 Subject to section proceedings on a claim within section 114 may not be brought after the end of— 140AA a the period of 6 months starting with the date of the act to which the claim…
Section 119 — Remedies
Remedies 119 1 This section applies if the county court or the sheriff finds that there has been a contravention of a provision referred to in section 114(1). 2 The county court has power to grant…
Section 120 — Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction 120 1 An employment tribunal has, subject to section 121, jurisdiction to determine a complaint relating to— a a contravention of Part 5 (work); b a contravention of section 108, 111 or…
Section 121 — Armed forces cases
Armed forces cases 121 1 Section 120(1) does not apply to a complaint relating to an act done when the complainant was serving as a member of the armed forces unless— a the complainant has made a…
Section 122 — References by court to tribunal, etc.
References by court to tribunal, etc. 122 1 If it appears to a court in which proceedings are pending that a claim or counter-claim relating to a non-discrimination rule could more conveniently be…
Section 123 — Time limits
Time limits 123 1 Subject to section proceedings on a complaint within section 120 may not be brought after the end of— 140B a the period of 3 months starting with the date of the act to which the…
Section 124 — Remedies: general
Remedies: general 124 1 This section applies if an employment tribunal finds that there has been a contravention of a provision referred to in section 120(1). 2 The tribunal may— a make a declaration…
Section 124A — Remedies: compensation uplift in sexual harassment cases
Remedies: compensation uplift in sexual harassment cases 124A 1 This section applies where— a an employment tribunal has found that there has been a contravention of section 40 (harassment of…
Section 125 — Remedies: national security
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Section 126 — Remedies: occupational pension schemes
Remedies: occupational pension schemes 126 1 This section applies if an employment tribunal finds that there has been a contravention of a provision referred to in section 120(1) in relation to— a…
Section 127 — Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction 127 1 An employment tribunal has, subject to subsection (6), jurisdiction to determine a complaint relating to a breach of an equality clause or rule. 2 The jurisdiction conferred by…
Section 128 — References by court to tribunal, etc.
References by court to tribunal, etc. 128 1 If it appears to a court in which proceedings are pending that a claim or counter-claim relating to an equality clause or rule could more conveniently be…
Section 129 — Time limits
Time limits 129 1 This section applies to— a a complaint relating to a breach of an equality clause or rule; b an application for a declaration referred to in section 127(3) or (4). 2 Proceedings on…
Section 130 — Section 129: supplementary
Section 129: supplementary 130 1 This section applies for the purposes of section 129. 2 A standard case is a case which is not— a a stable work case, b a concealment case, c an incapacity case, or d…
Section 131 — Assessment of whether work is of equal value
Assessment of whether work is of equal value 131 1 This section applies to proceedings before an employment tribunal on— a a complaint relating to a breach of an equality clause or rule, or b a…
Section 132 — Remedies in non-pensions cases
Remedies in non-pensions cases 132 1 This section applies to proceedings before a court or employment tribunal on a complaint relating to a breach of an equality clause, other than a breach with…
Section 133 — Remedies in pensions cases
Remedies in pensions cases 133 1 This section applies to proceedings before a court or employment tribunal on a complaint relating to— a a breach of an equality rule, or b a breach of an equality…
Section 134 — Remedies in claims for arrears brought by pensioner members
Remedies in claims for arrears brought by pensioner members 134 1 This section applies to proceedings before a court or employment tribunal on a complaint by a pensioner member of an occupational…
Section 135 — Supplementary
Supplementary 135 1 This section applies for the purposes of sections 132 to 134. 2 A standard case is a case which is not— a a concealment case, b an incapacity case, or c a concealment case and an…
Section 136 — Burden of proof
Burden of proof 136 1 This section applies to any proceedings relating to a contravention of this Act. 2 If there are facts from which the court could decide, in the absence of any other explanation,…
Section 137 — Previous findings
Previous findings 137 1 A finding in relevant proceedings in respect of an act which has become final is to be treated as conclusive in proceedings under this Act. 2 Relevant proceedings are…
Section 138 — Obtaining information, etc.
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Section 139 — Interest
Interest 139 1 Regulations may make provision— a for enabling an employment tribunal to include interest on an amount awarded by it in proceedings under this Act; b specifying the manner in which,…