The Public Sector Equality Duty
Speech by Mr. Justice Sales
13/12/2010
Mr. Justice Sales gave a lecture for ELBA and ALBA:
"The public sector equality duty is set out in Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the Equality Act 2010. Part 11 of that Act is entitled, "Advancement of Equality". Chapter 1 is headed "Public Sector Equality Duty" and contains section 149, which is the operative provision which sets out the public sector equality duty. It is proposed that the duty will be brought into force with effect from 1 April 2011. It is not to be confused with the public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities which is contained in section 1 of the Act, which the current government has said will not be brought into force at all..."
