Equality Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 160:"Page 73, line 26, leave out ““an employment tribunal or”” and insert ““a””" The noble Baroness said: In moving the amendment, I shall also speak to Amendment No. 161. These are minor technical changes to the Bill that simply correct small errors related to the Estate Agents Act 1979, with which noble Lords are no doubt familiar. Amendment No. 160 removes the reference to an employment tribunal. The consequential amendment updates cross-references to findings of discrimination relevant to the supervision of estate agents. Those include findings that estate agents have published unlawful adverts or instructed other people to discriminate. Although employment tribunals and county courts can both make findings about unlawful adverts or instructions under Clause 27, it is only the county court that will make determinations relevant to the Estate Agents Act. Therefore, leaving the reference to the employment tribunal in the amendment may lead to ambiguities that should be avoided. Amendment No. 161 ensures that the consequential amendment to the Estate Agents Act reflects references to interdict in paragraph (2)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Estate Agents Act and thereby relevant in Scotland. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to.