# The Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1994, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 75 (5) of the Race Relations Act 1976 preserves the validity of rules restricting employment by public bodies prescribed under that section to persons of particular birth, nationality, descent or residence, and enables such rules, notwithstanding anything in the Act, to be published, displayed or implemented and advertisements to be published stating the gist of such rules. These Regulations prescribe certain public bodies under section 75 (5) and replace the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1984, the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1985, and the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985 which are revoked. The new Regulations take account of changes in the bodies prescribed in the Regulations by excluding 21 existing public bodies which no longer wish to remain prescribed and adding one new body to the list in the Schedule.
The bodies being excluded are:
British Museum
British Museum (Natural History) (now Natural History Museum)
Civil Aviation Authority
Development Commission (now Rural Development Commission)
Imperial War Museum
National Economic Development Office (abolished wef 31 12 92)
National Gallery
National Galleries of Scotland
National Library of Scotland
National Maritime Museum
National Museums of Scotland
National Portrait Gallery
Royal Air Force Museum
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England)
Science Museum (now The National Museum of Science and Industry)
Tate Gallery
Victoria and Albert Museum
Wallace Collection
The body being added is:
House of Lords

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/109/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-prescribed-public-bodies-regulations-1994/note
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