SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7Transitional and consequential provision etc
PART 2Minor and consequential amendments
Equality Act 2010 (c. 15)
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Section 23 (comparison by reference to circumstances) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.
2
Subsection (3): after “married” insert “
to a person of the opposite sex
”
.
3
After subsection (3) insert—
4
If the protected characteristic is sexual orientation, the fact that one person (whether or not the person referred to as B) is married to a person of the same sex while another is married to a person of the opposite sex is not a material difference between the circumstances relating to each case.