2011 No. 776
The Former Equality Commissions’ Codes of Practice (Employment, Equal Pay, and Rights of Access for Disabled Persons) (Revocation) Order 2011
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
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 commencement1
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 practice2
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
c
d
e
the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice on Rights of Access: services to the public, public authority functions, private clubs and premises9 referred to in article 2 of the Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Services, Public Functions, Private Clubs and Premises) (Appointed Day) Order 200610.
Transitional provision3
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 197613 or the Disability Discrimination Act 199514 by 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.
(This note is not part of the Order)