Citation and commencement

1.  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

2.-(1) Section 1 (public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities) of the Equality Act 2010(2) 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(3);

(h)an integration joint board established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014(4);

(i)a Health Board constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(5);

(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.".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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.