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  • The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 SI 2006/1031 were made on 3rd April 2006 and came into force on 1st October 2006 (save that there was a last minute deferment until 1st December 2006 of the pension scheme related provisions, mainly those in Age Regs 2006 reg 11 and Age Regs 2006 sch 2 - see the Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment) Regulations 2006, SI 2006/2408 and 2006.11.10 - DWP Press Release "Amendments to Age-Discrimination Pension rules laid ").
  • Minor amendments are made with effect from 6th April 2008 by the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (Amendment) Regulations 2008, SI 2008/573

      PART 1

      GENERAL

    1. Age Regs 2006 reg 1 Citation, commencement and extent
    2. Age Regs 2006 reg 2 Interpretation
    3. Age Regs 2006 reg 3 Discrimination on grounds of age
    4. Age Regs 2006 reg 4 Discrimination by way of victimisation
    5. Age Regs 2006 reg 5 Instructions to discriminate
    6. Age Regs 2006 reg 6 Harassment on grounds of age

      PART 2

      DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

    7. Age Regs 2006 reg 7 Applicants and employees
    8. Age Regs 2006 reg 8 Exception for genuine occupational requirement etc
    9. Age Regs 2006 reg 9 Contract workers
    10. Age Regs 2006 reg 10 Meaning of employment and contract work at establishment in Great Britain
    11. Age Regs 2006 reg 11 Pension schemes
    12. Age Regs 2006 reg 12 Office-holders etc
    13. Age Regs 2006 reg 13 Police
    14. Age Regs 2006 reg 14 Serious Organised Crime Agency
    15. Age Regs 2006 reg 15 Barristers
    16. Age Regs 2006 reg 16 Advocates
    17. Age Regs 2006 reg 17 Partnerships
    18. Age Regs 2006 reg 18 Trade organisations
    19. Age Regs 2006 reg 19 Qualifications bodies
    20. Age Regs 2006 reg 20 The provision of vocational training
    21. Age Regs 2006 reg 21 Employment agencies, careers guidance etc
    22. Age Regs 2006 reg 22 Assisting persons to obtain employment etc
    23. Age Regs 2006 reg 23 Institutions of further and higher education
    24. Age Regs 2006 reg 24 Relationships which have come to an end

      PART 3

      OTHER UNLAWFUL ACTS

    25. Age Regs 2006 reg 25 Liability of employers and principals
    26. Age Regs 2006 reg 26 Aiding unlawful acts

      PART 4

      GENERAL EXCEPTIONS FROM PARTS 2 AND 3

    27. Age Regs 2006 reg 27 Exception for statutory authority
    28. Age Regs 2006 reg 28 Exception for national security
    29. Age Regs 2006 reg 29 Exceptions for positive action
    30. Age Regs 2006 reg 30 Exception for retirement
    31. Age Regs 2006 reg 31 Exception for the national minimum wage
    32. Age Regs 2006 reg 32 Exception for provision of certain benefits based on length of service
    33. Age Regs 2006 reg 33 Exception for provision of enhanced redundancy payments to employees
    34. Age Regs 2006 reg 34 Exception for provision of life assurance cover to retired workers

      PART 5

      ENFORCEMENT

    35. Age Regs 2006 reg 35 Restriction of proceedings for breach of Regulations
    36. Age Regs 2006 reg 36 Jurisdiction of employment tribunals
    37. Age Regs 2006 reg 37 Burden of proof: employment tribunals
    38. Age Regs 2006 reg 38 Remedies on complaints in employment tribunals
    39. Age Regs 2006 reg 39 Jurisdiction of county and sheriff courts
    40. Age Regs 2006 reg 40 Burden of proof: county and sheriff courts
    41. Age Regs 2006 reg 41 Help for persons in obtaining information etc
    42. Age Regs 2006 reg 42 Period within which proceedings to be brought

      PART 6

      SUPPLEMENTAL

    43. Age Regs 2006 reg 43 Validity of contracts, collective agreements and rules of undertakings
    44. Age Regs 2006 reg 44 Application to the Crown etc
    45. Age Regs 2006 reg 45 Application to House of Commons staff
    46. Age Regs 2006 reg 46 Application to House of Lords staff
    47. Age Regs 2006 reg 47 Duty to consider working beyond retirement
    48. Age Regs 2006 reg 48 Duty to consider working beyond retirement - transitional provisions
    49. Age Regs 2006 reg 49 Amendments, transitionals, repeals and revocations

      SCHEDULES

    50. Age Regs 2006 sch 1 Norwegian part of the Frigg Gas Field
    51. Age Regs 2006 sch 2 Pension schemes
    52. Age Regs 2006 sch 3 Questionnaire of person aggrieved
    53. Age Regs 2006 sch 4 Reply by respondent
    54. Age Regs 2006 sch 5 Validity of contracts, collective agreements and rules of undertakings
    55. Age Regs 2006 sch 6 Duty to consider working beyond retirement
    56. Age Regs 2006 sch 7 Duty to consider working beyond retirement - transitional provisions
    57. Age Regs 2006 sch 8 Amendments to legislation and related transitional provisions
    58. Age Regs 2006 sch 9 Repeals and revocations

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