The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 2010 (Amendment) Order 2010
This Order is made under the Equality Act 2010 (c.15) (“the Act”). It amends the Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2317 (C. 112)) (“Commencement Order No. 4”). Commencement Order No. 4 brings the majority of the Act into force on 1st October 2010 and makes various savings, consequential, transitional, transitory and incidental provisions and a revocation. These savings and other provisions are made as a result of the repeal and revocation of previous discrimination legislation and its replacement by the Act, and of the lapse of previous subordinate legislation because of the repeal of previous discrimination legislation by that Act.