Equality Act 2010: The public sector Equality Duty: Promoting
equality through transparency. A consultation.
Open
date: 19
August 2010
Closing
date:
10 November 2010
The Equality Act 2010 received Royal Assent in
April 2010. An important part of the Act is the public sector
Equality Duty, which has a key role in ensuring that fairness is at
the heart of public bodies’ work and that public services meet the
needs of different groups. The Act also gives ministers the
power to impose specific duties, which are legal requirements
designed to help public bodies meet their obligations under the
public sector Equality Duty.
This consultation seeks your views on our
proposals for draft regulations for the specific duties and the
list of public bodies that will be subject to the general and
specific duties.
This consultation will be of interest to:
- public bodies;
- those monitoring the performance of public bodies;
- others who perform public functions; and
- organisations that are interested in how public services can
eliminate discrimination, advance equality and foster good
relations.
Comments from other interested parties are
also welcome.
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