Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Sex Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) (Scotland) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 9th April 2007.
(2) In this Order–
“education authority”, “grant-aided school”, “independent school”, “pupil”, “school age” and “school education” have the meanings respectively given by section 135 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(1);
“listed authority” means a public authority listed in either of Parts I or II of the Schedule to this Order;
references to “150 full-time staff” are references to such number of staff as would, if the hours they work were aggregated, amount to 150 staff working on a full-time basis;
“relevant Scottish authority” has the meaning contained in section 76C(9) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975;
“Scheme” means a gender equality scheme prepared in accordance with article 2;
“school” has the meaning given by section 135 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, and includes a place (other than a school as so defined) at which an education authority provides school education for pupils who are under school age, but excluding–
any independent school; and
such a place (other than a school as so defined) at which school education is being provided by a person with whom that authority has, by virtue of section 35 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000(2) entered into arrangements for the provision of that education; and
“section 76A(1) duty”, in relation to a public authority, means its duty under section 76A(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (public authorities: general statutory duty);
“staff” includes any person treated as an employee for the purposes of Part 2 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Employment Field).