Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 2992

Equality

The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Made

29th November 2012

Laid before Parliament

30th November 2012

Coming into force

21st December 2012

^M1^,^M2 The Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to discrimination.

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 21st December 2012.

^M3 (2) In these Regulations “ the Act ” means the Equality Act 2010 .

Amendment of the Equality Act 2010

2. Paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 (services: exceptions relating to insurance etc.) to the Act is omitted.

Transitional provision

3. Despite its omission by regulation 2, paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 to the Act continues to apply to a contract concluded before 21st December 2012.

Review

4. —(1) The Treasury must from time to time—

(a) ^F1^,^M4 carry out a review of the regulatory system established by the Act insofar as it implements ... the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services in respect of insurance services,

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

^F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F2 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.

(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

Anne Milton

Desmond Swayne

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

in force	Provision is in force
in force*	In force only for specified purposes (see footnote)
not in force	Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)
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in force

Provision is in force

in force*

In force only for specified purposes (see footnote)

not in force

Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)

defined term

Defined term

_dfn

Defined term (alternative style)

footnote	commentary	insert/omit
F1	Words in reg. 4(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/305) , regs. 1 , 6(2)(a) ; 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1)	omitted
F2	Reg. 4(2) (3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/305) , regs. 1 , 6(2)(b) ; 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1)	omitted
M1	S.I. 2011/2718 .
M2	1972 c.68 . Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) .
M3	2010 c.15 .
M4	OJ L 373. 21.12.2004, p.37.

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the Act

reg. 1.

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