http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/74/section/49Race Relations Act 1976 (Repealed)An Act to make fresh provision with respect to discrimination on racial grounds and relations between people of different racial groups; and to make in the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 amendments for bringing provisions in that Act relating to its administration and enforcement into conformity with the corresponding provisions in this Act.1979-09-30texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-04-022012-10-01 Part VII491The Commission shall not embark on a formal investigation unless the requirements of this section have been complied with.2Terms of reference for the investigation shall be drawn up by the Commission or, if the Commission were required by the Secretary of State to conduct the investigation, by the Secretary of State after consulting the Commission.3It shall be the duty of the Commission to give general notice of the holding of the investigation unless the terms of reference confine it to activities of persons named in them, but in such a case the Commission shall in the prescribed manner give those persons notice of the holding of the investigation.4Where the terms of reference of the investigation confine it to activities of persons named in them and the Commission in the course of it propose to investigate any act made unlawful by this Act which they believe that a person so named may have done, the Commission shall—ainform that person of their belief and of their proposal to investigate the act in question; andboffer him an opportunity of making oral or written representations with regard to it (or both oral and written representations if he thinks fit);and a person so named who avails himself of an opportunity under this subsection of making oral representations may be represented—iby counsel or a solicitor; oriiby some other person of his choice, not being a person to whom the Commission object on the ground that he is unsuitable.5The Commission or, if the Commission were required by the Secretary of State to conduct the investigation, the Secretary of State after consulting the Commission may from time to time revise the terms of reference; and subsections (1), (3) and (4) shall apply to the revised investigation and terms of reference as they applied to the original.Act repealed (1.10.2010 except in relation to the repeal of ss. 71-71B, Sch. 1A, and 5.4.2011 otherwise) by Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), s. 216(3), Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as substituted (1.10.2010) by S.I. 2010/2279, arts. 1(2), 13, Sch. 2 (with art. 15(5))); S.I. 2010/2317, arts. 1(2), 2(15)(f) (with savings in arts. 10(8)(b), 14(3), 15, Schs. 1, 3, 5); S.I. 2011/1066, art. 2(h); Act further amended (as saved) (1.11.2011) by Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011 (c. 6), s. 8(1), Sch. 2 para. 6, Sch. 3; S.I. 2011/2597, art. 2; Act further amended (as saved) (1.4.2012) by Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (c. 4), ss. 26(2), 29(3), Sch. 5 para. 11(1)(6); S.I. 2011/2576, art. 5Pt. VII (ss. 43-52) repealed (1.10.2007) by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), ss. 40, 91, 93, Sch. 3 para. 26, Sch. 4 (with s. 92); S.I. 2007/2603, art. 2 (subject to art. 3)