1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 17 February 1994.

(2) In these Regulations-

"members of the Metropolitan Police civil staff" means persons who are employed under the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, who are not constables and whose salaries are paid out of the Metropolitan Police Fund.

• "relevant members of the House of Commons staff" means-

(a)any person appointed by the House of Commons Commission; and

(b)any member of the Speaker's personal staff.

"relevant members of the House of Lords staff" means-

any persons employed under a contract of employment with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords.

2. The public bodies specified in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be public bodies prescribed for the purposes of section 75(5) of the Race Relations Act 1976.

3. The Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1984(2), the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1985(3) and the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985(4) are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULEPRESCRIBED PUBLIC BODIES

Bank of England

Board of Trustees of the Armouries (as respects the employment of the Master and Deputy Master of the Armouries)

British Council

House of Commons (as respects the employment of relevant members of the House of Commons staff)

House of Lords (as respects the employment of relevant members of the House of Lords staff)

Metropolitan Police Service (as respects the employment of members of the Metropolitan Police civil staff)

National Army Museum

National Audit Office

Natural Environment Research Council

Science and Engineering Research Council

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 75 (5) of the Race Relations Act 1976 preserves the validity of rules restricting employment by public bodies prescribed under that section to persons of particular birth, nationality, descent or residence, and enables such rules, notwithstanding anything in the Act, to be published, displayed or implemented and advertisements to be published stating the gist of such rules. These Regulations prescribe certain public bodies under section 75 (5) and replace the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1984, the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1985, and the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985 which are revoked. The new Regulations take account of changes in the bodies prescribed in the Regulations by excluding 21 existing public bodies which no longer wish to remain prescribed and adding one new body to the list in the Schedule.

The bodies being excluded are:

British Museum

British Museum (Natural History) (now Natural History Museum)

Civil Aviation Authority

Development Commission (now Rural Development Commission)

Imperial War Museum

National Economic Development Office (abolished wef 31 12 92)

National Gallery

National Galleries of Scotland

National Library of Scotland

National Maritime Museum

National Museums of Scotland

National Portrait Gallery

Royal Air Force Museum

Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England)

Science Museum (now The National Museum of Science and Industry)

Tate Gallery

Victoria and Albert Museum

Wallace Collection

The body being added is:

House of Lords