A crucial change in the law came with the rraa which placed public authorities under a statutory. An act to extend further the application of the race relations act 1976 to the police and other public authorities. Introduction the amended race relations act 1976 gives schools a statutory general duty to promote race equality. There are currently no known outstanding effects for the race relations amendment act 2000. The race relations act 2000 extended the prohibition on race discrimination to the performance of public functions, sub ject to some controversial exceptions.
The directive provides a legal base for european community action to combat discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin. The race relations amendment act 2000 rraa represents a milestone for campaigners on race equality in britain. Chellaston academy welcomes its duties under the race relations amendment act 2000. The act also requires public authorities to devise a race equality scheme, which outline their arrangements for tackling racial discrimination, and promoting equality of opportunity and good race relations.
The race relations act 1976 as amended by the race relations amendment act 2000 places a general duty on a wide range of public authorities to promote race equality. Its main provisions are expected to come into force in april 2001. The new act amends the race relations act 1976 the 1976 act and strengthens its application to public authorities in several important ways. The act also gives schools specific duties, to help them to meet the general duty. The 2000 amendment ensures that public institutions eliminate unlawful racial discrimination and promote equality of opportunity and good relations between people of different racial groups.
The scheme should set out how they plan to meet the general and specific duties. Race relations amendment act 2000 2000 chapter 34 an act to extend further the application of the race relations act 1976 to the police and other public authorities. Writing documents that express a commitment to promoting race equality is now a central part of equality work. The ec race directive 2000 43 has implications for all employers. Reproductions supplied by edrs are the best that can be. It outlaws racial discrimination in public authority functions that were not already covered by the 1976 race relations act. Intelligence for a multiethnic britain the stephen. Anacttoextendfurthertheapplicationoftheracerelationsact 1976 to the police and other public authorities. You end up doing the document rather than doing the doing.
Prepare a written statement of their policy for promoting race equality. Race relations amendment act 2000 report by director of educational and social services 1. It requires all public institutions, including colleges and universities, to take action to promote race equality. It sets out the actions we will take to fulfil our responsibilities under the race relations amendment act 2000. There are three strands to this duty so that in performing their functions public authorities should have regard to the need. O it extends the scope of the 1976 act to cover areas that were. The race relations amendment act 2000 strengthening. Race relations amendment act 2000 explanatory notes. From macpherson to the race relations amendment act these were exciting times. The 1976 act outlawed racial discrimination and covered statutory and nonstatutory early years. Rather than assuming such documents do what they say, this article suggests.
Macpherson report 1999 and the race relations amendment act 2000. The impact of nhs initiatives to counter race discrimination is unclear. The race relations amendment act 2000 rraa extended the coverage of the race relations act 1976 rra to the functions of public authorities in general. The principal aim of such a policy is to actively promote equality between racial and ethnic groups. Responsibilities the department of educational and social service has the responsibility for ensuring that insert establishment name complies with all legislation, and that this document and its related procedures and strategies are implemented. When the healthcare commission 2006 carried out a race equality audit it found that only 1 per cent of nhs trusts had fully met the requirements of the race relations amendment act 2000, and only 6 per cent had even met two of the three requirements. For example, national standards, local action is the departments current care standards and planning framework. Race relations legislation the race relations act 1976, as amended by the race relations amendment act rraa in 2000 forms the legal foundation of protection from racial discrimination in employment. The race relations act 1965 was the first legislation in the united kingdom to address racial discrimination the act outlawed discrimination on the grounds of colour, race, or ethnic or national origins in public places in great britain although not in northern ireland, which had its own parliament at the time it also prompted the creation of the race relations board in 1966.
Delivering race equality in mental health care dre itself is just one component of a wider programme of action bringing about equality in health and social care. The most recent iteration of uk parliaments race relations act 1976, which was written to foment equality and diversity. This paper extends earlier research into the responses of local authorities and schools to the requirements of the race relations amendment act 2000 rraa in relation to minority ethnic pupils and exclusion practices. This race equality scheme res provides the framework for taking forward the race strand of that aim and to address the barriers that race can create for our employees and customers. Benefits by requiring public authorities to develop race equality schemes, the race relations amendment act 2000 is striving to ensure that authorities like the mpa and the mps.
The race relations amendment act 2000 is a result of the macpherson report into the murder of the black teenager, stephen lawrence. Changes to legislation revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. The rra, as amended by the rraa, does not extend to northern ireland, but there the race relations ni order was amended in 2003 to comply with eu directive. This first major reform of the 1976 act is targeted at the public. Initial guidance on the race relations amendment act 2000 equality and diversity guidance 001003 published march 2002 subject meeting the general and specific duties placed on the learning and skills council by the race relations amendment act 2000 and becoming a race. Abstract this article examines how the race relations amendment act 2000 has shaped a new politics of documentation, which takes diversity and equality as measures of institutional performance. There are currently no known outstanding effects for the race relations. Chapter 34 71 1 states the general duty of public authorities to have due regard to the need. Equality act 2010 116 separate pieces of equality legislation into a single act nment s race equality framework for scotland published extended scope of 1976 act in additional public authorities, and places duties on specified authorities to promote race equality race relations amendment act 2000 scottish government s first ra.
The race relations amendment act 2000 places a statutory duty on public authorities to promote race equality. It is argued that a similar right probably now exists at least in the context of lifethreatening violence under the human rights act 1998. Race equality in education ucl institute of education. The race equality scheme sets out the actions we will take to fulfil our responsibilities under the race relations amendment act 2000 race equality scheme gov. Race relations amendment act 2000 definition of race. The race relations amendment act 2000 rraa amended the 1976 race relations act and fulfilled the recommendations of the macpherson report. The original study drew on evidence from national exclusions data, a wide range of official documentation and visit data from 85 secondary, primary and special schools and. Promoting race equality in early years safer children york.
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