Part 10Miscellaneous and general provisions
Miscellaneous
I151Equal opportunities
Before section 271 of the principal Act insert—
270BEqual opportunities
1
The Scottish Ministers and planning authorities must perform their functions under this Act in a manner which encourages equal opportunities and in particular the observance of the equal opportunity requirements.
2
“Equal opportunities” and “equal opportunity requirements” have the same meanings in this section as they have in Section L2 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).