Regulation 2 Amendment of section 1 of the Equality Act 2010

In section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 (public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities), after subsection (3)^f1, insert—

“(3A)

This section also applies to the following authorities—

(a)

the Welsh Ministers;

(b)

a county council or county borough council in Wales;

(c)

a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006^f2;

(d)

an NHS Trust established under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

(e)

a Special Health Authority established under section 22^f3 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 other than a cross-border Special Health Authority (within the meaning of section 8A(5)^f4 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006);

(f)

a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2^f5 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies, for an area in Wales;

(g)

a National Park authority established by an order under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995^f6 for an area in Wales;

(h)

the Welsh Revenue Authority or Awdurdod Cyllid Cymru.”