Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 210(2) of the Equality Act 2010, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2018 No.
The Equality Act 2010 (Authorities subject to the Socio-economic Inequality Duty) (Scotland) Regulations 2018
Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(4) of the Equality Act 20101 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 210(2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (Authorities subject to the Socio-economic Inequality Duty) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1st April 2018.
Amendment of section 1 of the Equality Act 20102
1
Section 1 (public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities) of the Equality Act 20102 is amended as follows.
2
For subsection (3) (authorities subject to the public sector duty) substitute—
3
The authorities to which this section applies are—
a
the Scottish Ministers;
b
Food Standards Scotland;
c
Keeper of the Registers of Scotland;
d
National Records of Scotland;
e
Revenue Scotland;
f
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service;
g
a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19943;
h
an integration joint board established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 20144;
i
a Health Board constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19785;
j
a Special Health Board constituted under section 2(1)(b) of that Act;
k
Scottish Police Authority;
l
Highlands and Islands Enterprise;
m
Scottish Enterprise.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)