EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments to the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (“the 2012 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 adds South of Scotland Enterprise to the list of public authorities in the 2012 Regulations. Regulation 2 also modifies the 2012 Regulations in their application to South of Scotland Enterprise so as to provide different dates by which certain duties have to be complied with, and amends regulation 8A of the 2012 Regulations to provide different dates by which publication of gender pay gap information and statements on equal pay is to take place by South of Scotland Enterprise under regulations 7(1) and 8(1) of the 2012 Regulations. Regulation 2 also adds a further category of “relevant period” for the purposes of regulation 8A(3) of the 2012 Regulations.

An Equality Impact Assessment has been prepared and is available online at www.legislation.gov.uk.