SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Transitional and consequential provision etc

PART 2Minor and consequential amendments

Equality Act 2010 (c. 15)

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1

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.