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Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations

Index Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations

The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations are secondary legislation in the United Kingdom, outlawing discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities, services, education and public functions on the grounds of sexual orientation. [1]

37 relations: Adoption, Alan Beith, Alan Meale, Bob Russell (British politician), Christian Institute, Colin Breed, Conservative Party (UK), David Drew (politician), David Taylor (Labour politician), Des Turner, England and Wales, Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations, Equality Act 2006, Executive Office (Northern Ireland), Frank Cook (politician), Geraldine Smith, Great Britain, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Lords, Jim Dobbin, Jim McGovern (British politician), Joe Benton, Labour Party (UK), LGBT rights in the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Peter Kilfoyle, Primary and secondary legislation, Scotland, Secretary of State (United Kingdom), Sexual orientation, Tim Farron, Tom Clarke (politician), United Kingdom, Vincent Nichols, Waheed Alli, Baron Alli.

Adoption

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents, and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parent or parents.

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Alan Beith

Alan James Beith, Baron Beith, (born 20 April 1943) is a British politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2015.

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Alan Meale

Sir Joseph Alan Meale (born 31 July 1949) is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mansfield from 1987 to 2017.

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Bob Russell (British politician)

Sir Robert Edward Russell (born 31 March 1946) is a former Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament for Colchester from 1997 to 2015.

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Christian Institute

The Christian Institute (CI) is an evangelical Christian group operating in the United Kingdom.

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Colin Breed

Colin Edward Breed (born 4 May 1947 in Surrey) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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David Drew (politician)

David Elliott Drew (born 13 April 1952) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stroud from 1997 to 2010, and regained his seat on 9 June 2017.

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David Taylor (Labour politician)

David Leslie Taylor (22 August 1946 – 26 December 2009) was an English Labour Co-operative politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire from 1997 until his death in 2009.

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Des Turner

Desmond Stanley Turner (born 17 July 1939) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown from 1997 to 2010.

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England and Wales

England and Wales is a legal jurisdiction covering England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom.

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Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations

The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations are secondary legislation in the United Kingdom, outlawing discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities, services, education and public functions on the grounds of sexual orientation.

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Equality Act 2006

The Equality Act 2006 (c 3) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom covering the United Kingdom.

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Executive Office (Northern Ireland)

The Executive Office is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive with overall responsibility for the running of the Executive.

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Frank Cook (politician)

Francis Cook (3 November 1935 – 10 January 2012) was a British Independent politician, who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton North from 1983 until 2010.

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Geraldine Smith

Maria Geraldine Smith (born 29 August 1961) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Morecambe and Lunesdale from 1997 to 2010.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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House of Lords

The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Jim Dobbin

James Dobbin, (26 May 1941 – 6 September 2014) was a British Labour Co-operative politician and microbiologist, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 1997 until his death in 2014.

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Jim McGovern (British politician)

James McGovern (born 17 November 1956) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee West from 2005 to 2015.

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Joe Benton

Joseph Edward Benton (born 28 September 1933) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle from 1990 to 2015.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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LGBT rights in the United Kingdom

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have evolved dramatically over time.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlan Assemblie) is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Peter Kilfoyle

Peter Kilfoyle (born 9 June 1946) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 1991 to 2010.

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Primary and secondary legislation

In parliamentary systems and presidential systems of government, primary legislation and secondary legislation, the latter also called delegated legislation or subordinate legislation, are two forms of law, created respectively by the legislative and executive branches of government.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Secretary of State (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a secretary of state (SofS) is a Cabinet minister in charge of a government department (though not all departments are headed by a secretary of state, e.g. HM Treasury is headed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer).

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Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.

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Tim Farron

Timothy James Farron (born 27 May 1970) is a British politician who was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats between July 2015 and July 2017.

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Tom Clarke (politician)

Thomas Clarke, (born 10 January 1941) is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1982 until 2015, representing Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill from 2005 until losing his seat to Philip Boswell of the SNP in the May 2015 general election.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vincent Nichols

Vincent Gerard Nichols (born 8 November 1945) is an English cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.

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Waheed Alli, Baron Alli

Waheed Alli, Baron Alli (born 16 November 1964) is a media entrepreneur and politician.

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Redirects here:

Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007, SOR 2006, Sexual Orientation Regulations, Sexual Orientation Regulations 2006, Sexual orientation regulations, The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2006.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_Act_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations

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