Part I

Organisation

Administrative bodies

Equal opportunities
2D
1
Health Boards, Special Health Boards
, the Agency and (as respects its health service functions only) HIS
must discharge their functions in a manner that encourages equal opportunities and in particular the observance of the equal opportunity requirements.
2
In this section “
equal opportunities
” and “
equal opportunity requirements
” have the same meaning as in Section L2 (equal opportunities) of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
S. 2D inserted (30.9.2004) by National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 7), ss. 4, 12(1); S.S.I. 2004/361, art. 2(b)(i)
Words in s. 2D(1) substituted (1.10.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 17 para. 4; S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, Sch.
Pt. 1 applied (7.12.2019) by The Public Health Scotland Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/336), art. 1(2), sch. 1 Pt. 1 (with art. 4(4)(5))