The Equality Act 2010 (Authorities subject to the Socio-economic Inequality Duty) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

Made: 20th March 2018

Coming into force: 1st April 2018

In accordance with section 210(2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Equality Act 2010 (Authorities subject to the Socio-economic Inequality Duty) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1st April 2018.

Amendment of section 1 of the Equality Act 2010

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• (1) Section 1 (public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities) of the Equality Act 2010[^f00002] is amended as follows.

• (2) For subsection (3) (authorities subject to the public sector duty) substitute—

(3) The authorities to which this section applies are— (a) the Scottish Ministers; (b) Food Standards Scotland; (c) Keeper of the Registers of Scotland; (d) National Records of Scotland; (e) Revenue Scotland; (f) Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service; (g) a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994[^f00003]; (h) an integration joint board established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014[^f00004]; (i) a Health Board constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978[^f00005]; (j) a Special Health Board constituted under section 2(1)(b) of that Act; (k) Scottish Police Authority; (l) Highlands and Islands Enterprise; (m) Scottish Enterprise.

Signed

ANGELA CONSTANCE — A member of the Scottish Government — 20th March 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations set out a list of public authorities in Scotland that will be subject to the public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities in Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. These include the Scottish Ministers.

The duty is to have due regard to the desirability of exercising functions in a way that is designed to reduce the inequalities of outcome which result from socio-economic disadvantage. Section 1(6) of the Act provides an exception, where the inequality is experienced by a person as a result of being a person subject to immigration control.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2010 c.15. Section 2 is amended by section 38 of the Scotland Act 2016 (c.11).

[^f00002]: Subsections (1) to (3) and (6) of section 1 are commenced by S.S.I. 2017/403. There are amendments that are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00003]: 1994 c.39.

[^f00004]: 2014 asp 9.

[^f00005]: 1978 c.29. See section 28 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19).