Section 31 (indirect discrimination) of the Act of 1998 is amended -

(a) by substituting the following subsection for subsections (1) and (2):

"(1) Subsections (1) and (1A) (inserted by section 13 of the Equality Act 2004) of section 22 apply, in relation to C and D as they apply in relation to A and B, with the modification that the reference in subsection (1) to persons of a particular gender (being As or Bs) is a reference to persons (being Cs or Ds) who differ in a respect mentioned in any paragraph of section 28(1) and with any other necessary modifications.",

and

(b) in subsection (5), by deleting "or (2)" and "or, as the case may be, subsection (2)".