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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-discrimination-public-authorities-statutory-duties-scotland-order-2007/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/32",
  "legislation_title": "The Sex Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) (Scotland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sex-discrimination-public-authorities-statutory-duties-scotland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Sex Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) (Scotland) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 9th April 2007.\n(2) In this Order–\n“education authority”, “grant-aided school”, “independent school”, “pupil”, “school age” and “school education” have the meanings respectively given by section 135 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;\n“listed authority” means a public authority listed in either of Parts I or II of the Schedule to this Order;\nreferences to “150 full-time staff” are references to such number of staff as would, if the hours they work were aggregated, amount to 150 staff working on a full-time basis;\n“relevant Scottish authority” has the meaning contained in section 76C(9) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975;\n“Scheme” means a gender equality scheme prepared in accordance with article 2;\n“school” has the meaning given by section 135 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, and includes a place (other than a school as so defined) at which an education authority provides school education for pupils who are under school age, but excluding–\n(a) any independent school; and\n(b) such a place (other than a school as so defined) at which school education is being provided by a person with whom that authority has, by virtue of section 35 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 entered into arrangements for the provision of that education; and\n“section 76A(1) duty”, in relation to a public authority, means its duty under section 76A(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (public authorities: general statutory duty);\n“staff” includes any person treated as an employee for the purposes of Part 2 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Employment Field).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 asp 6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/32/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:16:16.347739+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."
}