Equal Pay Act 1970

Equal Pay Act 1970

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to prevent discrimination, as regards terms and conditions of employment, between men and women.
Citation	1970 c. 41
Introduced by	Barbara Castle, Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	29 May 1970
Commencement	29 December 1975[1]
Repealed	1 October 2010
Other legislation
Repealed by	Equality Act 2010
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Equal Pay Act 1970 (c. 41) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that prohibited any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. The act was proposed by the then Labour government, and was based on the Equal Pay Act of 1963 of the United States. It has now been mostly superseded by part 5, chapter 3 of the Equality Act 2010.