reg 15 Amendments of existing provisions about public sector equality duties
(1) Section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976 is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1)(a) for “racial discrimination” substitute “discrimination and victimisation”. (3) In subsection (7) for “other provision of this Act” substitute “provision of the Equality Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”), so far as relating to race (within the meaning of that Act)”. (4) After that subsection insert— (8) In this section— (a) “ discrimination ” means race discrimination within the meaning of section 25 of the 2010 Act; (b) “ victimisation ” means victimisation within the meaning of section 27 of the 2010 Act, where the protected act in question relates to race, and (c) “ racial group ” has the meaning given in section 9 of the 2010 Act. (5) Despite the repeal of the Race Relations Act 1976 (“the 1976 Act”) by Schedule 27 to the Act, the following provisions of the 1976 Act, so far as they relate to sections 71 to 71B of that Act, continue to have effect— (a) section 74 (orders and regulations), (b) section 75 (application to Crown), and (c) in section 78 (interpretation) the definitions of “Commission” and “enactment”.