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Section 71 of the Race Relations Act places a general statutory duty on listed public authorities in to England, Scotland, and Wales to promote race equality. The Act gives the Home Secretary power to make orders placing specific duties on all or some of these authorities. Scottish Ministers have a similar power over Scottish public authorities (Section 71B(1). The specific duties introduced by the Race Relations Act came into full effect in Scotland on 30 November 2002.
We have produced a code of practice for Scotland, with supporting guidance that reflects devolved matters. This can be downloaded from the Downloads section of this page.
Schedule 1A of the Act list all public bodies in Scotland which fall within the scope of the duty, or outside it.
New statutory orders are laid before parliament every year to amend Schedule 1A. These Orders update Schedule 1A of the Act to take account of new bodies coming into existence, bodies changing their status to bring them within (or outside) the scope of the duty, and listed bodies falling out of existence.
The duties on Scottish education authorities are also slightly different to those for schools in England.