The law that covers equality and diversity is the Equality Act 2010. The legislation can be viewed on the gov.uk website here. This link will open in a new window.

Before 2010 there were three different pieces of legislation:

• Sex Discrimination Act 1975
• Race Relations Act 1976
• Disability Discrimination Act 1995

If you wish to make a complaint pertaining to an incident(s) prior to 1st October 2010, any complaints or court proceedings will follow the three pieces of legislation detailed above. I the incident(s) occurred on or after 1st October 2010, the complaint will be handled according to the Equality Act 2010, as will any court proceedings. More information regarding this is available on the gov.uk website here. This link will open in a new window.