Equalities Law
The public sector equality duty came into force on 5 April
2011. Scottish Ministers intend to make 'specific duties' which
will enable its better performance.
Two consultations have already been undertaken on proposals for
specific duties. The first considered the broad scope of what
specific duties might look like. The second was on draft
Regulations.
The purpose of this consultation is to seek the views of
stakeholders and members of the public on revision of those draft
Regulations. The consultation seeks views on revisions only,
specifically in relation to the following points:
Equality and Human Rights Commission Consultation:
Strategic Plan Phase 2
This consultation was launched by the Equality and Human Rights
Commission to help them develop their next strategic
plan for 2012-2015. The consultation is aims to provide pportunity
to comment on the proposed mission and roles, and the key equality
and human rights issues going forward.
Consultation on
revised draft Regulations for the
public sector equality duty specific
duties
The public sector equality duty came into force on 5 April
2011. Scottish Ministers intend to make 'specific duties' which
will enable its better performance.
Two consultations have already been undertaken on
proposals for specific duties. The first considered the broad scope
of what specific duties might look like. The second was on draft
Regulations.
The purpose of this consultation is to seek the views of
stakeholders and members of the public on revision of those draft
Regulations.
The UK Government's Red Tape Challenge
In April, the UK Government began a new initiative through The
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to review a
significant amount of secondary legislation, the majority being
statutory instruments, which it considers create unnecessary red
tape to business.
The Equalities Law Subcommittee are currently considering the
equalities legislation covered in the review.
Visit the red tape challenge website to view the
consultation
Building a Fairer Britain: Reform of the Equality and Human
Rights Commission
This paper sought comments on the Government's plans to reform
the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to ensure the EHRC
can focus on its core role as an equality regulator.
Equality Act 2010: Banning age discrimination in services,
public functions and associations.
The Equality Act 2010, which received Assent in April 2010,
includes provisions enabling a ban on age discrimination in the
provision of services and public functions.
Implementing the age discrimination ban would require secondary
legislation to be made, setting out the circumstances in which it
would remain lawful to use age as a reason for treating people
differently.
The consultation sets out areas where the Equalities Government
believes that different treatment of people of various ages is
justified; and proposes how the legislation will be drafted to take
account of these.
Draft Code of Practice for Schools in Scotland
As part of the new Equality Act, the Equalities and Human Right
Commission published a consultation on the draft Code of Practice
for Schools in Scotland.
The Commission is producing a Code of Practice for Schools to
explain the new provisions as set out in Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the
Act. The Code will help to ensure that the law is applied
consistently by lower courts and tribunals, and will also help make
the law accessible to a wider a wider audience.
The public sector Equality Duty: reducing bureaucracy Policy
review paper
The purpose of this policy review paper is to seek views on new
draft regulations imposing specific duties to support better
performance of the public sector Equality Duty.