SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 Reserved matters

Part II Specific reservations

Head L – Miscellaneous

L2. Equal opportunities

Section L2.

Equal opportunities, including the subject-matter of—

  1. a

    the Equal Pay Act 1970,

  2. b

    the Sex Discrimination Act 1975,

  3. c

    the Race Relations Act 1976, and

  4. d

    the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Exceptions

  • The encouragement (other than by prohibition or regulation) of equal opportunities, and in particular of the observance of the equal opportunity requirements.

  • Imposing duties on—

    1. a

      any office-holder in the Scottish Administration, or any Scottish public authority with mixed functions or no reserved functions, to make arrangements with a view to securing that the functions of the office-holder or authority are carried out with due regard to the need to meet the equal opportunity requirements, or

    2. b

      any cross-border public authority to make arrangements with a view to securing that its Scottish functions are carried out with due regard to the need to meet the equal opportunity requirements.

Interpretation

  • “Equal opportunities” means the prevention, elimination or regulation of discrimination between persons on grounds of sex or marital status, on racial grounds, or on grounds of disability, age, sexual orientation, language or social origin, or of other personal attributes, including beliefs or opinions, such as religious beliefs or political opinions.

  • “Equal opportunity requirements” means the requirements of the law for the time being relating to equal opportunities.

  • “Scottish functions” means functions which are exercisable in or as regards Scotland and which do not relate to reserved matters.