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Equality Act 2010

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655.This section establishes the parliamentary procedures that apply to regulations and orders under the Act made by Scottish Ministers.

656.A few instruments, including those which impose the socio-economic duty or public sector equality specific duties on public authorities or cross-border authorities, must be debated by the Scottish Parliament before they can come into force.  The rest do not automatically need to be debated by the Scottish Parliament but in most cases they can be opposed, in which case a debate may be held.

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