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.