The Race Relations Act 1976 (General Statutory Duty: Code Of Practice) (Scotland) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 3111 (S.13)

RACE RELATIONS

The Race Relations Act 1976 (General Statutory Duty: Code Of Practice) (Scotland) Order 2002

Made

16th December 2002

Laid before Parliament

17th December 2002

Coming into force

18th December 2002

Whereas:

(1) pursuant to section 71C(5) of the Race Relations Act 1976(1) (“the 1976 Act”) the Secretary of State, on 29th October 2002, laid before Parliament a draft transmitted to him by the Commission for Racial Equality of a code of practice containing such practical guidance as the Commission think fit in relation to the performance by persons of duties imposed on them by virtue of subsections (1) and (2) of section 71 of the 1976 Act (“the code”); and

(2) neither House of Parliament has resolved during the period referred to in section 71C(6) of the 1976 Act that no further proceedings be taken on the draft code;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 71C(8) of the 1976 Act, and after consulting the Scottish Ministers and the National Assembly for Wales, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Race Relations Act 1976 (General Statutory Duty: Code of Practice) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 18th December 2002.

Day of commencement of code

2.  The code shall come into effect on 19th December 2002.

Filkin

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

16th December 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 19th December 2002 as the day on which the code of practice containing the Commission for Racial Equality’s guidance in relation to the performance in Scotland of the duties under section 71(1) and (2) of the Race Relations Act 1976 (as amended by the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000) is to come into effect. The duty under section 71(1), which applies to certain specified public authorities in Scotland, is a general duty to have due regard, in the exercise of their functions, to the need to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity and good relations between persons of different racial groups. The duties under section 71(2) are duties imposed on certain of those authorities for the purpose of ensuring the better performance of the general duty.

Copies of the code of practice can be obtained from:

The Commission for Racial Equality

St Dunstan’s House

201–211 Borough High Street

London SE1 1GZ

(1)

1976 c. 74; as amended by section 2(1) of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 34).