Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 6th April 2007 immediately after section 76A of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975^f1.

(2)

In this Order—

“listed authority” means a public authority listed in the Schedule to this Order;
“section 76A(1) duty” means the duty of a public authority, under section 76A(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, in carrying out its functions, to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination and harassment and to promote equality of opportunity between men and women; and
“staff” includes any person treated as an employee for the purposes of Part 2 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Employment Field).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 76A was inserted by section 84 of the Equality Act 2006 (c. 3). Section 76A came into force for the purpose of exercising any power to make orders under section 76B and 76C of the 1975 Act on 18th April 2006 by virtue of article 2(h) of S.I. 2006/1082. For remaining purposes, section 76A comes into force on 7th April 2007 by virtue of article 4(b) of S.I. 2006/1082.