The Equal Opportunities (Employment Legislation) (Territorial Limits) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/3163
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Equal Opportunities (Employment Legislation) (Territorial Limits) Regulations 1999, and shall come into force on 16th December 1999.

(2) These Regulations shall extend to Great Britain only.

Section 2 Amendment of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975

(1) Section 10 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (meaning of employment at establishment in Great Britain) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), the words “or mainly” shall be omitted.

(3) For subsection (2) there shall be substituted—

(2) The reference to “employment” in subsection (1) includes—

(a) employment on board a ship registered at a port of registry in Great Britain, and

(b) employment on aircraft or hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom and operated by a person who has his principal place of business, or is ordinarily resident, in Great Britain.

Section 3 Amendment of the Race Relations Act 1976

(1) Section 8 of the Race Relations Act 1976 (meaning of employment at establishment in Great Britain) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), the words “or mainly” shall be omitted.

(3) Subsection (2) shall be omitted.

Section 4 Amendment of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995

For section 68(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (interpretation) there shall be substituted—

(2) Where an employee does his work wholly outside Great Britain, his employment is not to be treated as being work at an establishment in Great Britain.