# National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Section 2D: Equal opportunities

Extent: S

(1) Health Boards, Special Health Boards , the Agency and (as respects its health service functions only) HIS must discharge their functions in a manner that encourages equal opportunities and in particular the observance of the equal opportunity requirements.
(2) In this section “ equal opportunities ” and “ equal opportunity requirements ” have the same meaning as in Section L2 (equal opportunities) of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/section/2D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-2D
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