- accessibility certificate
has the meaning given in section 176(1);
- accessibility requirements
has the meaning given in section 167(5);
- Additional maternity leave period
has the meaning given in section 73(2) of that Act.
- ADR
has the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 4 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024;
- Advocate
means a practising member of the Faculty of Advocates.
- age condition
means a condition specified in an order under subsection (1) of section 19A of that Act requiring the age of certain persons to be verified in the manner specified in the condition before they are served alcohol in premises where the condition applies.
- approval certificate
has the meaning given in section 177(4);
- approved celebrant
has the meaning given in section 94A(4)(a) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
- armed forces
means any of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown;
- assistance dog
means— (a) a dog which has been trained to guide a blind person;
- authorised person
means a person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of that subsection.
- Blood
includes blood components.
- chaplain
has the meaning given by paragraph (a) of the definition of “authorised person” in paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 6 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013;
- Charitable instrument
means an instrument establishing or governing a charity (including an instrument made or having effect before the commencement of this section).
- Chief officer
means—
- child
means a person who has not attained the age of 18;
- Civil marriage
means marriage solemnised otherwise than according to the rites of the Church of England or any other religious usages. 3C “Religious premises” means premises which— a are used solely or mainly for religious purposes, or b have been so used and have not subsequently been used solely or mainly for other purposes.”
- colleague
includes a former colleague in relation to the work in question.
- collective agreement
has the same meaning as in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (see section 178 of that Act).
- College of further education
has the meaning given in section 36 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.
- common parts
means, in relation to premises, the structure and exterior of, and any common facilities within or used in connection with, the building or part of a building which includes the premises but only in so far as the structure, exterior and common facilities are not solely owned by the owner of the premises;
- Comparable persons
means—
- concession contract
has the same meaning as in the Procurement Act 2023 (see section 8 of that Act);
- consumer contract dispute
has the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 4 of that Act.
- Court
means—
- covered procurement
has the same meaning as in the Procurement Act 2023 (see section 1 of that Act);
- Criminal matter
means—
- Crown employment
has the meaning given in section 191 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
- defence and security contract
has the same meaning as in the Procurement Act 2023 (see section 7 of that Act);
- Designated institution
has the meaning given in section 44 of that Act.
- devolved Scottish authority
has the same meaning as in the Procurement Act 2023 (see section 2 of that Act);
- disabled person
means a person who is a disabled person for the purposes of the 2010 Act;
- Disabled pupil
includes a disabled person who may be admitted to the school as a pupil.
- driver
means a person who holds a licence under— (a) section 13 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998..., (b) section 51 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976..., or (c) an equivalent provision of a local enactment;
- Education authority
has the meaning given by section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.
- Employment
means—
- enactment
means an enactment contained in— (a) an Act of Parliament, (b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (c) an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales, or (d) subordinate legislation;
- enrolment
includes registration for a component part of a course;
- equality clause
means a sex equality clause or maternity equality clause;
- equality rule
means a sex equality rule or maternity equality rule;
- equivalent compulsory maternity leave
means a period of leave— (a) which is of a substantially similar nature (regardless of its length) to compulsory maternity leave, and (b) which is provided for under a statutory or contractual scheme;
- equivalent maternity leave
means a period of leave— (a) which is of a substantially similar nature (regardless of its length) to ordinary or additional maternity leave or both, and (b) which is provided for under a statutory or contractual scheme.
- estate agent
means a person who, by way of profession or trade, provides services for the purpose of— (a) finding premises for persons seeking them, or (b) assisting in the disposal of premises;
- financial service
includes a service of a banking, credit, insurance, personal pension, investment or payment nature.
- forces marriage
has the meaning given by paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 6 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013;
- Group insurance arrangement
means an arrangement between an employer and another person for the provision by that other person of facilities by way of insurance to the employer's employees (or a class of those employees).
- Guaranteed minimum pension provisions
means so much of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and of any other enactment as relates to guaranteed minimum pensions (within the meaning of that Act).
- Hovercraft
has the same meaning as in the Hovercraft Act 1968.
- Immigration and nationality functions
means functions exercisable by virtue of—
- improvement
means an alteration in or addition to the premises and includes— (a) an addition to or alteration in the landlord's fittings and fixtures;
- Independent trade union
has the meaning given in section 5 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
- Insurance business
means business which consists of effecting or carrying out contracts of insurance;
- Job evaluation study
has the meaning given in section 80(5).
- lease
includes a sub-lease or other tenancy, and “landlord” and “tenant” are to be construed accordingly;
- licensed premises
means premises in respect of which a relevant premises licence within the meaning of section 19A of the Licensing Act 2003 (mandatory conditions where alcohol sold) has effect;
- licensing authority
means—
- LLP
means a limited liability partnership (within the meaning of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000).
- Local authority
means—
- local service
has the same meaning as in the Transport Act 1985;
- maintained nursery school
has the meaning given in section 22 of that Act.
- maintained school
has the meaning given in section 20(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
- man
means a male of any age;
- maternity equality clause
has the meaning given in section 73;
- maternity equality rule
has the meaning given in section 75;
- Maternity-related pay
means pay to which a woman is entitled—
- Measures
includes, in particular, medical treatment and the use of a prosthesis or other aid.
- mobile home agreement
means an agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 or Part 4 of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 applies;
- mobile home rental agreement
means an agreement (other than an arrangement to occupy a mobile home for the purposes of a holiday) under which a person (“ the occupier ”) is entitled to occupy a mobile home on the protected site as the occupier's residence whether for a specified period or for successive periods of a specified duration subject to payment of money and the performance of other obligations.
- mobility aids
means any item the passenger uses to assist with their mobility but does not include—
- mobility assistance
means assistance—
- NCA
means the National Crime Agency;
- network
means any permanent way or other means of guiding or supporting rail vehicles, or any section of it;
- non-discrimination rule
has the meaning given in section 61;
- occupational pension scheme
has the meaning given in section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;
- operator
has the same meaning as in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.
- owner-occupier
means a person who— (a) owns an estate or interest in premises, and (b) occupies the whole of them.
- parent
has the same meaning as in— (a) the Education Act 1996 (in relation to England and Wales);
- park rules
means rules applying to residents of mobile homes on the protected site and required to be observed by a term in the mobile home agreement or the mobile home rental agreement as the case may be;
- partner
means a general partner within the meaning of that Act.
- Pay
means benefits—
- Personal office
has the meaning given in section 49.
- Personal pension scheme
has the meaning given in section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;
- Police cadet
means a person appointed to undergo training with a view to becoming a constable.
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations;
- prescribed system
means a system using a mode of guided transport (“guided transport” having the same meaning as in the Transport and Works Act 1992) that is specified in rail vehicle accessibility regulations;
- profession
includes a vocation or occupation;
- Proposed firm
means persons proposing to form themselves into a partnership.
- Proposed LLP
means persons proposing to incorporate an LLP with themselves as members.
- protected person
has the meaning given by section 30ZA(2) of the 2004 Act;
- protected tenancy
has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Rent Act 1977;
- public authority
means an authority that has functions of a public nature.
- public body
means a body (whether corporate or unincorporated) exercising public functions (within the meaning given by section 31(4)).
- Public office
has the meaning given in section 50.
- public procurement functions
means— (a) functions related to covered procurement, other than the procurement of a utilities contract, defence and security contract or concession contract, the exercise of which is regulated by the Procurement Act 2023, as amended from time to time, or (b) functions the exercise of which is regulated by the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/446), as amended from time to time;
- public procurement legislation
means the Procurement Act 2023 or, in respect of a public authority that is a devolved Scottish authority, the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, as amended from time to time;
- public service vehicle
means a vehicle that is a public service vehicle for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;
- qualifying institution
has the meaning given in section 11 of the Higher Education Act 2004, and includes an institution which is treated as continuing to be a qualifying institution for the purposes of Part 2 of that Act (see section 20A(2) of that Act);
- race
means race so far as relating to—
- rail vehicle
means a vehicle constructed or adapted to carry passengers on a railway, tramway or prescribed system other than a vehicle used in the provision of a service for the carriage of passengers on the trans-European rail system located in Great Britain;
- rail vehicle accessibility regulations
has the meaning given in section 182(1).
- Recipient
means a person who (whether for professional purposes or not) uses an information society service, in particular for seeking information or making it accessible.
- Recruitment
means a process for deciding whether to—
- regulated public service vehicle
means a public service vehicle to which PSV accessibility regulations are expressed to apply.
- regulated rail vehicle
means a rail vehicle to which provisions of rail vehicle accessibility regulations are expressed to apply.
- relative
means—
- relevant adjustments
means, in relation to a disabled person, alterations or additions which are likely to avoid a substantial disadvantage to which the disabled person is put in using the common parts in comparison with persons who are not disabled.
- relevant authority
means a devolved Welsh authority (within the meaning given by section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006) whose functions correspond or are similar to those of an authority for the time being specified in subsection (3) of section 1 or referred to in subsection (4) of that section.
- relevant body
means a body established—
- relevant document
means—
- Relevant financial service
means—
- Relevant functions
means functions exercisable by virtue of —
- relevant holiday service
means a service—
- Relevant matter
has the meaning given in section 67.
- Relevant member of the House of Commons staff
has the meaning given in section 195 of the Employment Rights Act 1996;
- Relevant member of the House of Lords staff
has the meaning given in section 194 of that Act (which provides that such a member of staff is an employee of the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords).
- relevant Scottish civil partnership
means a religious or belief civil partnership within the meaning of section 94A(4)(b) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004;
- relevant Scottish forces marriage
means a forces marriage of two persons of the same sex where Scotland is the relevant part of the United Kingdom within the meaning of paragraph 12 of Schedule 6 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.
- relevant Scottish marriage
means a religious or belief marriage... within the meaning of section 8(2)(a) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977.
- religious premises
has the meaning given by section 6A(3C) of the 2004 Act.
- Responsible authority
means—
- Responsible body
means—
- Seafarer
means a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship or hovercraft.
- secure contract
has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 8 of that Act);
- secure tenancy
has the same meaning as in section 79 of the Housing Act 1985.
- service complaints regulations
means regulations made under section 340B(1) of the 2006 Act.
- services
means services of any description which are provided wholly or mainly for persons enrolled on a course to which this section applies.
- sex equality clause
has the meaning given in section 66;
- sex equality rule
has the meaning given in section 67;
- sexual harassment
means harassment of the kind described in section 26(2) (unwanted conduct of a sexual nature);
- Ship
has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
- sibling
means a brother or sister, a half-brother or half-sister, or a stepbrother or stepsister.
- SPA
means the Scottish Police Authority;
- Special school
has the meaning given in section 337 of the Education Act 1996.
- specified
means specified in the regulations.
- stopping place
has the same meaning as in the Transport Act 1985.
- subordinate legislation
means— (a) subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978, or (b) an instrument made under an Act of the Scottish Parliament or an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales;
- substantial
means more than minor or trivial;
- Supported employment
means facilities provided, or in respect of which payments are made, under section 15 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.
- taxi accessibility regulations
has the meaning given by section 160(1).
- the 2006 Act
means the Armed Forces Act 2006;
- the 2010 Act
means the Equality Act 2010,”
- the appropriate amount
has the meaning given in section 162 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, and “a week's pay” is to be read with Chapter 2 of Part 14 of that Act.
- the Commission
means the Commission for Equality and Human Rights;
- The E-Commerce Directive
means Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce).
- the Education Acts
has the meaning given in section 578 of the Education Act 1996;
- the English Tribunal
means the First-tier Tribunal;
- the mobility assistance duties
means—
- the passenger
means the disabled person concerned.
- the relevant time
means the time at which, under this Act, something is required or permitted to be done by or in relation to a parent or a person over compulsory school age.
- the Scottish Tribunal
means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland;
- the student complaints scheme
means a scheme for the review of qualifying complaints (within the meaning of section 12 of that Act) that is provided by the designated operator (within the meaning of section 13(5)(b) of that Act).
- the Tribunal
means— (a) in relation to a school in England, the First-tier Tribunal;
- the Welsh Tribunal
means the Education Tribunal for Wales;
- third party
means a person other than—
- trade
includes any business;
- trans-European rail system
has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011
- travel
includes an option for an individual to make alternative travel arrangements to those included in the relevant holiday service as offered by P.
- utilities contract
has the same meaning as in the Procurement Act 2023 (see section 6 of that Act).
- Vocational training
means—
- woman
means a female of any age.
- Work
means employment, contract work, a position as a partner, a position as a member of an LLP, a pupillage or tenancy, being taken as a devil, membership of a stable, an appointment to a personal or public office, or the provision of an employment service;