30 April 2007
Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 Passed
Discrimination Legal UK
New regulations outlawed discrimination in the provision of goods, services, education and public functions on the basis of sexual orientation. / These regulations made it unlawful across the UK to discriminate in goods, services, education, and public functions on grounds of sexual orientation. Separate but similar regulations were introduced in Northern Ireland, England & Wales, and Scotland between 2006–2007.
Impact & Significance
Set important legal standards across various sectors in the UK.
Reference Record
- Date
- 30 April 2007
- Era
- 2000-2009
- Sources
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Questions This Event Helps Answer
Q What was Section 28? Section 28 was a provision of the Local Government Act 1988 that restricted local authorities from promoting homosexuality or teaching that same-sex relationships were acceptable as family relationships. Q How did UK age-of-consent reform change LGBTQ+ law? It moved the law from partial decriminalisation toward equal treatment by lowering and then equalising the age of consent. Q How did equality law change public services and workplaces? It moved LGBTQ+ equality into services, employment, schools and official data rather than leaving it only as criminal-law reform.
