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Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000

2000 c. 34 · Enacted 30 November 2000 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to extend further the application of the Race Relations Act 1976 to the police and other public authorities; to amend the exemption under that Act for acts done for the purpose of safeguarding national security; and for connected purposes.

[30th November 2000]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Contents

  1. Further extension of 1976 Act to police and other public authorities
  2. 1Discrimination by police and other public authorities. Repealed
  3. 2Specified authorities: general statutory duty. Repealed
  4. 3Certain appointment functions outside the employment field. Repealed
  5. 4Police: extension of liability of chief officers etc. Repealed
  6. Special cases: procedural and other consequences
  7. 5Criminal investigations and proceedings. Repealed
  8. 6Immigration and asylum appeals. Repealed
  9. National security
  10. 7National security. Repealed
  11. 8National security: procedure. Repealed
  12. Supplementary and final provisions
  13. 9Consequential amendments and repeals.
  14. 10Short title, commencement and extent.
  15. Schedule 1Schedule 1 Repealed
  16. Schedule 2: Consequential Amendments
  17. Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74)
  18. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  19. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  20. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  21. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  22. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  23. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  24. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  25. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  26. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  27. 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
  28. 11Paragraph 11 Repealed
  29. 12Paragraph 12 Repealed
  30. 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
  31. 14Paragraph 14 Repealed
  32. 15Paragraph 15 Repealed
  33. 16Paragraph 16 Repealed
  34. 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
  35. 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
  36. 19Paragraph 19
  37. Local Government Act 1988 (c.9)
  38. 20Paragraph 20 Repealed
  39. 21Paragraph 21 Repealed
  40. 22Paragraph 22 Repealed
  41. Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 (c.68)
  42. 23Paragraph 23 Repealed
  43. 24Paragraph 24 Repealed
  44. 25Paragraph 25 Repealed
  45. 26Paragraph 26 Repealed
  46. 27Paragraph 27 Repealed
  47. 28Paragraph 28 Repealed
  48. 29Paragraph 29 Repealed
  49. School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c.31)
  50. 30Paragraph 30 Repealed
  51. 31Paragraph 31
  52. Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c.33)
  53. 34Paragraph 34 Repealed
  54. 35Paragraph 35 Repealed
  55. 36Paragraph 36 Repealed
  56. 37Paragraph 37 Repealed
  57. 38Paragraph 38 Repealed
  58. 39Paragraph 39 Repealed
  59. 40Paragraph 40 Repealed
  60. 32Paragraph 32 Repealed
  61. 33Paragraph 33 Repealed
  62. Schedule 3Repeals

1Discrimination by police and other public authorities.F1 E+W+S

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2Specified authorities: general statutory duty.F1 E+W+S

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3Certain appointment functions outside the employment field.F1 E+W+S

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4Police: extension of liability of chief officers etc.F1 E+W+S

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5Criminal investigations and proceedings.F1

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6Immigration and asylum appeals.F1

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7National security.F1

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8National security: procedure.F1

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9Consequential amendments and repeals.

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Schedule 2 (which makes further consequential amendments of enactments) is to have effect.

(2)

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 are repealed to the extent specified there.

10Short title, commencement and extent.

(F11)

This Act may be cited as the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000.

P1(2)

Sections 1 to 9 (including Schedules 1 to 3) shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.

(3)

An order under this section—

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shall be made by statutory instrument; and

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may make such transitory, transitional or saving provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(4)

Transitory provision made in exercise of the power conferred by subsection (3)(b) may, in particular, include provision made in consequence of any provision of any other Act passed before, or in the same session as, this Act not having come into force.

(5)

No amendment by this Act of an enactment shall be taken, for the purposes of the M1Scotland Act 1998, to be a pre-commencement enactment within the meaning of that Act unless the amendment so provides.

(6)

Any amendment or repeal by this Act of an enactment has the same extent as the enactment amended or repealed.

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Schedule 3Repeals

F1ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
1976 c. 74.Race Relations Act 1976.

Section 16.

Section 19.

Section 19ZA.

In section 57(5), the words from “and” to the end of the subsection.

Section 58(6).

In section 68, subsection (2)(b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it and, in subsection (3), the words “or, as the case may be, eight” and “or (b)”.

In section 69, subsection (2)(b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it and subsection (2A).

1980 c. 44.Education (Scotland) Act 1980.In Schedule 4, paragraph 14.
1985 c. 51.Local Government Act 1985.

In Schedule 13, paragraph 13(h).

In Schedule 14, paragraph 54.

1985 c. 69.Housing Associations Act 1985.Section 75(5).
1988 c. 4.Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988.In Schedule 6, paragraph 16.
1988 c. 9.Local Government Act 1988.Section 18(7A).
1988 c. 40.Education Reform Act 1988.In Schedule 12, paragraphs 19 and 79.
1988 c. 43.Housing (Scotland) Act 1988.Section 2(11).
1988 c. 50.Housing Act 1988.Sections 56 and 63(5).
1989 c. 39.Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989.In Schedule 10, paragraph 6(3).
1992 c. 13.Further and Higher Education Act 1992.In Schedule 8, paragraph 88.
1992 c. 37.Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.In Schedule 9, paragraph 5(4).
1994 c. 19.Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.In Schedule 13, paragraph 20(g).
1994 c. 29.Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994.In Schedule 4, paragraph 51.
1994 c. 30.Education Act 1994.In Schedule 2, paragraph 6(4).
1994 c. 39.Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.In Schedule 13, paragraph 108.
1995 c. 25.Environment Act 1995.

In Schedule 8, paragraph 8(4).

In Schedule 10, paragraph 15(2).

1996 c. 16.Police Act 1996.In Schedule 7, paragraphs 1(2)(l) and 31.
1996 c. 56.Education Act 1996.In Schedule 37, paragraph 42 and, in paragraph 117(4), paragraph (b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it.
1997 c. 50.Police Act 1997.In Schedule 9, paragraphs 35 and 36.
1998 c. 38.Government of Wales Act 1998.In Schedule 16, paragraph 30.
1999 c. 26.Employment Relations Act 1999.In Schedule 8, paragraph 6.
1999 c. 29.Greater London Authority Act 1999.Section 391.
2000 c. 21.Learning and Skills Act 2000.In Schedule 9, paragraph 10.