{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-act-1976-statutory-duties-order-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-act-1976-statutory-duties-order-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3006",
  "legislation_title": "The Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-act-1976-statutory-duties-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RACE RELATIONS\nMade 24th November 2003\nLaid before Parliament 26th November 2003\nComing into force 31st December 2003\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 71(2) and (3) of the Race Relations Act 1976, after consultation with the National Assembly for Wales and with the consent of the Assembly, and after consultation with the Commission for Racial Equality, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 74; section 71 was substituted by section 2 of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 34). The only previous order made under subsections (2) and (3) is the Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3458)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 71B(2) and (3) of the Race Relations Act 1976."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 71(4) of the 1976 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3006/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:44:24.057552+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}