This Order may be cited as the Race Relations Act 1976 (General Statutory Duty: Code of Practice) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 18th December 2002.
S.I. 2002/3111
The Race Relations Act 1976 (General Statutory Duty: Code Of Practice) (Scotland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3111)
This Order appoints 19th December 2002 as the day on which the code of practice containing the Commission for Racial Equality’s guidance in relation to the performance in Scotland of the duties under section 71(1) and (2) of the Race Relations Act 1976 (as amended by the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000) is to come into effect. The duty under section 71(1), which applies to certain specified public authorities in Scotland, is a general duty to have due regard, in the exercise of their functions, to the need to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity and good relations between persons of different racial groups. The duties under section 71(2) are duties imposed on certain of those authorities for the purpose of ensuring the better performance of the general duty.
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The code shall come into effect on 19th December 2002.
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