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Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2024

2024 asp 12 · Enacted 1 August 2024 · Extends to Scotland

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An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend section 2 of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 to repeal the definition of “woman”.

The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 20th June 2024 and received Royal Assent on 1st August 2024

Contents

  1. 1Amendment of the 2018 Act
  2. 2Commencement
  3. 3Short title

1Amendment of the 2018 ActI1

In section 2 (key definitions) of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018, the definition of “woman” is repealed.

2CommencementI1

This Act comes into force on the day after Royal Assent.

3Short titleI1

The short title of this Act is the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2024.