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  Regional Equality & Diversity Partnership  

Draft Specific Duties update

Date: 25/7/2011
Summary: Draft Specific Duties regulations were laid before parliament on 27th June 2011.

Draft Specific Duties regulations were laid before parliament on 27 June 2011. They were debated in the House of Commons on 11 July. The debate in the House of Lords is expected to take place in September 2011 and the specific duties will come into force following parliamentary approval (replacing the previously stated intention to have them in force before the summer recess).

The regulations require public authorities in Great Britain to publish:

  • Equality objectives, at least every four years, by April 2012; and
  • Information to demonstrate their compliance with the Equality Duty, at least annually.

Although the Equality Duty is Great Britain-wide, Scotland and Wales are able to set their own specific duties. The specific duties in Wales came in to force on 6 April 2011 and specific duties that will apply to Scottish public bodies are still being decided.

Click here for  Written Ministerial Statement published on 28 June 2011

Click here for information on the Home Office website

Source: edf.org.uk

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