EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PART 1 GENERAL Citation, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discrimination on grounds of age 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discrimination by way of victimisation 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructions to discriminate 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harassment on grounds of age 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING Applicants and employees 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exception for genuine occupational requirement etc 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contract workers 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of employment and contract work at establishment in Great Britain 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pension schemes 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office-holders etc 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Police 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Serious Organised Crime Agency 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barristers 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advocates 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Partnerships 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade organisations 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Qualifications bodies 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The provision of vocational training 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment agencies, careers guidance etc 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assisting persons to obtain employment etc 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Institutions of further and higher education 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relationships which have come to an end 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 OTHER UNLAWFUL ACTS Liability of employers and principals 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aiding unlawful acts 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 GENERAL EXCEPTIONS FROM PARTS 2 AND 3 Exception for statutory authority 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exception for national security 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exceptions for positive action 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exception for retirement 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exception for the national minimum wage 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exception for provision of certain benefits based on length of service 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exception for provision of enhanced redundancy payments to employees 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exception for provision of life assurance cover to retired workers 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 ENFORCEMENT Restriction of proceedings for breach of Regulations 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jurisdiction of employment tribunals 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burden of proof: employment tribunals 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remedies on complaints in employment tribunals 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jurisdiction of county and sheriff courts 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burden of proof: county and sheriff courts 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help for persons in obtaining information etc 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Period within which proceedings to be brought 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 SUPPLEMENTAL Validity of contracts, collective agreements and rules of undertakings 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application to the Crown etc 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application to House of Commons staff 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application to House of Lords staff 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to consider working beyond retirement 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to consider working beyond retirement - transitional provisions 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments, transitionals, repeals and revocations 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerry Sutcliffe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs Department of Trade and Industry