Scotland Bill — Report (1st Day) (Continued) — 24 Feb 2016 at 23:41

Amendment 29

Moved by Lord Stephen

29: Clause 35, page 37, leave out lines 17 to 33 and insert-

“Equal opportunities in relation to the Scottish functions of any Scottish public authority or cross-border public authority, including appointments to non-executive posts on boards of Scottish public authorities with mixed functions or no reserved functions. The provision falling within this exception includes provision that reproduces or applies an enactment made in or under the Equality Act 2010, with or without modification, without affecting the enactment as it applies for the purposes of that Act. It does not include any modification of that Act, or of any subordinate legislation made under it, except-

(a) provision that supplements or is otherwise additional to provision made by that Act that enhances, but does not diminish, the protection and promotion of equal opportunities afforded by the provision made by that Act;

(b) in particular, provision imposing a requirement to take action that the Act does not prohibit.”

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