England, Wales & Scotland · 2010
Equality Act 2010
Protects: People with protected characteristics (including sex, disability, race, pregnancy).
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Summary
Public authorities must have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and advance equality (s.149 Public Sector Equality Duty). Relevant when challenging police, CPS or local authority responses.
Key provisions
s.149 PSED
Public bodies must consider impact on people with protected characteristics, including victims of gender-based violence.
What this Act affects
The specific protective court orders and decision points this Act creates or feeds — with the exact statutory section.
Public Sector Equality Duty
s.149Decision point: challenge to police, CPS, LA, court service decisions that disadvantage women, disabled or minoritised DA victims; ground for JR.