# Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018, Section 5: Encouragement of applications by women


(1) An appointing person for a public board must take such steps as it considers appropriate to encourage women to apply to become non-executive members of the public board.
(2) A public authority to which a public board relates must take such steps as it considers appropriate to encourage women to apply to become non-executive members of the public board.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in subsections (1) and (2) prevents an appointing person or a public authority from taking such steps as it considers appropriate to encourage persons with other protected characteristics (within the meaning of section 4 of the Equality Act 2010) to apply to become non-executive members of the public board.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/4/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gender-representation-on-public-boards-scotland-act-2018/section-5
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