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  Equality Bill [Lords] - New Clause 9 - Discrimination on grounds of gender reassignment
  
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  <p>The no voters defeated a motion to introduce a new clause to the Equality Bill.  In Lynne Jones' own words, the new clause was "<i>intended to enable the protection of transsexual people from discrimination in the supply of goods and services by creating a power to introduce secondary legislation</i>".  The text of the clause was as follows.</p>
  
  <ul><li>(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about discrimination or harassment on grounds of gender reassignment.</li>
  <li>(2) In section (1) "gender reassignment" has the meaning given by subsection 36.</li>
  <li>(3) The regulations may, in particularâ<ul>
  <li>(a) make provision of a kind similar to Part 2 of this Act;</li>
  <li>(b) define discrimination;</li>
  <li>(c) define harassment;</li>
  <li>(d) make provision for enforcement (which may, in particular, include provisionâ<ul>
  <li>(i) creating a criminal offence of a kind similar to, and with the same maximum penalties as, an offence created by an enactment relating to discrimination or equality,</li>
  <li>(ii) about validity and revision of contracts,</li>
  <li>(iii) about discriminatory advertisements, and</li>
  <li>(iv) about instructing or causing discrimination or harassment;</li></ul></li>
  <li>(e) provide for exceptions (whether or not of a kind similar to those provided for by Part 2 of this Act or any other enactment relating to discrimination or equality);</li>
  <li>(f) make provisions which apply generally or only in specified cases or circumstances;</li>
  <li>(g) make different provisions or different cases or circumstances;</li>
  <li>(h) include incidental or consequential provision (which may include provision for amending an enactment);</li>
  <li>(i) include transitional provision.</li></ul></li>
  <li>(4) The regulationsâ<ul>
  <li>(a) shall be made by statutory instrument, and</li>
  <li>(b) may not be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</li></ul></li>
  <li>(5) In subsection (3) (h) "enactment" includes an enactment in or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament.</li></ul></p>
  
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