Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 210(2) and (6) of the Equality Act 2010 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2021 No.
Equal Opportunities
The Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2021
Made 2021
Coming into force 23rd December 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 151(3) of the Equality Act 2010 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2010 c. 15.
In accordance with section 152(3) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers have consulted the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
Section 152(3) was amended by section 37(7) of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11).
In accordance with section 210(2) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2021 and comes into force on 23 December 2021.

2 Amendment of schedule 19 of the Equality Act 2010
In Part 3 of schedule 19 of the Equality Act 2010 (public authorities: relevant Scottish authorities), at the end insert—

“Other body added on 23rd December 2021
South of Scotland Enterprise.”

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Part 3 of schedule 19 has been relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2020/313 and S.S.I. 2020/401.
South of Scotland Enterprise is established by section 1 of the South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019 (asp 9).
Name Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh Date

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order adds South of Scotland Enterprise to the list of Scottish public authorities in Part 3 of schedule 19 of the Equality Act 2010 (“the Act”). The public authorities listed in that Part are subject to the public sector equality duty in section 149 of the Act.
The public sector equality duty is to have regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under the Act, to advance equality of opportunity, and to foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.
An Equality Impact Assessment has been prepared and is available online at www.legislation.gov.uk.