(2) Sexual Orientation : Sexual orientation discrimination is covered by the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, in force since 1 December 2003. They were implemented in response to the Equal Treatment at Work Directive. Accordingly, the Regulations extend only to employment and vocational training.

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Government announced on 13 December 2002101 that it proposed to implement Goodwin fully with legislation.

Finally, note that the judgment in Goodwin renders Flynn’s criticism of P v S (above) immaterial. If a person’s new sex is recognised legally, it is no longer possible to argue that the ECJ (in comparing the treatment given before and after gender reassignment) compared persons of the same sex.