Explanatory note

This Order imposes certain duties on certain bodies and other persons who are subject to the general duty under section 71(1) of the Race Relations Act 1976 to have due regard, when exercising their functions, to the need to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity and good relations between persons of different racial groups. The duties are imposed for the purpose of ensuring the better performance of the general duty. The Order imposes on a body or other person specified in Schedule 1 to the Order a duty to publish, by 31st May 2002, a Race Equality Scheme, that is a Scheme showing how it intends to fulfil the general duty and its duties under this Order. The Order imposes on an educational body referred to in Part I or II of Schedule 2 duties to prepare, by 31st May 2002, a statement of its race equality policy, to have arrangements in place for fulfilling duties to assess and monitor the impact of its policies on different racial groups, and to fulfil those duties in accordance with such arrangements. The Order imposes on a body referred to in Parts III to V of that Schedule a duty to have in place arrangements for fulfilling duties to monitor, by reference to racial groups, various aspects of education and employment at educational establishments, and to fulfil those duties in accordance with such arrangements. The Order also imposes on bodies and other persons specified in Schedule 1A to the 1976 Act, other than those specified in article 5(5) to the Order, to have in place, by 31st May 2002, arrangements for fulfilling duties to monitor, by reference to racial groups, various aspects of employment by those bodies, and to fulfil those duties in accordance with such arrangements.

By virtue of Section 5 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Interpretation Act 1978, references to persons in paragraphs (2) and (3) of article 2, and in paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (5) of article 5, include references to a body.