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Local authorities and the housing implication of Section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976.

GREAT BRITAIN. Commission for Racial Equality.

Local authorities and the housing implication of Section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976.

by GREAT BRITAIN. Commission for Racial Equality.

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  Eventually the Act, instead of imposing stringent criminal penalties, brought in a Race Relations Board to act as a conciliatory body, without full investigative powers and enforcement powers remaining with the Attorney-General. The scope of the law was not enlarged to cover crucial areas of discrimination in housing and employment. Race Relations Act c. 74 An Act to make fresh provision with respect to discrimination on racial grounds and relations between people of different racial groups; and to make in the Sex Discrimination Act amendments for bringing provisions in that Act relating to its administration and enforcement into conformity with the.

The new Race Relations Act has come into force, making it illegal to refuse housing, employment or public services to people because of their ethnic background. The Act has extended the powers of the Race Relations Board to deal with complaints of discrimination; and set up a new body, the Community Relations Commission, to promote "harmonious. The law relating to discrimination in the workplace on the grounds of a person’s race is contained in the Race Relations Act On 8 April the Equalities Act was passed. However, to enable people and organisations affected by the new laws time to prepare, only a few provisions of the Equalities Act came into force that day.

On the 50th anniversary of the first Race Relations Act Maria Miller, chair of the Commons equalities committee, reflects on what progress has been made Today we celebrate half a century since the passing of the Race Relations Act. This is an opportunity to consider how far Britain has progressed since but to also acknowledge there is more work to be done to ensure Britain is a fairer. RRA - genuine occupational qualifications, race and ethnic or national origins, positive discrimination Race Discrimination The Equality Act Under the Equality Act and any activity carried out by a public authority such as the police, prisons, the NHS, local authorities and government departments. Types of discrimination.


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Local authorities and the housing implication of Section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976 by GREAT BRITAIN. Commission for Racial Equality. Download PDF EPUB FB2

71 Local authorities: general statutory duty. Without prejudice to their obligation to comply with any other provision of this Act, it shall be the duty of every local authority to make appropriate arrangements with a view to securing that their various functions are carried out with due regard to the need—.

An Act to make fresh provision with respect to discrimination on racial grounds and relations between people of different racial groups; and to make in the Sex Discrimination Act amendments for bringing provisions in that Act relating to its administration and enforcement into conformity with the corresponding provisions in this Act.

The Race Relations Act was established by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to prevent discrimination on the grounds of race. Items that are covered include discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin in the fields of employment, the provision of goods and services, education and public on: c.

The first important pieces of legislation in this area came in the seventies: the Sex Discrimination Act and the Race Relations Act Their main function was to outlaw treating people "less favourably" than others on the grounds of their sex or race where all.

Race Relations Act Discrimination can occur in two ways direct and indirect. Direct discrimination is when discrimination takes place on factors unrelated to merit, capability or potential of a person or group.

Due to a person's race, sex, marital status, beliefs, sexual orientation or. The Race Relations Act was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom making it illegal to refuse housing, employment, or public services to a person on the grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins in Great Britain (although not in Northern Ireland, which had its own parliament at the time).

It also created the Community Relations Commission to promote 'harmonious community Repealed by: Race Relations Act   Annex DD: relevant immigration and nationality legislation for the purposes of section 19d of the race relations act PDF, KB, 1 page Author: UK Visas And Immigration. The Race Relations Act provides protection from race discrimination in the fields of employment, education, training, housing, and the provision of goods, facilities and services.

The Race Relations (Amendment) Act amended the Act. It fulfilled recommendation 11 of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report and went further, prohibiting. Race relations act 1. Legal Constrains in the media Race Relations Act The Race Relations Act of started off with the fact of all different backgrounds of people being given the same rights and equal power towards everything.

Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers are legally recognised as ethnic groups, and protected from discrimination by the Race Relations Act (, amended ) and the Human Rights Act ().

In terms of health and education, they are one of the most deprived groups in the Britain. The Local Government Actin its current form (1 December ), consists of 16 Parts containing sections and 2 schedules (including 7 amendments).

Part I: Enacted by: Dewan Rakyat. Specific dutiesThe Act also places specific duties on public authorities to: develop and implement a Race Equality Schemeassess whether their functions and policies are relevant to race equalitymonitor their policies to see how they affect race equalityassess and consult on policies they are proposing to.

The Race Relations Act, Britain’s first-ever race relations law, came into force 50 years ago. It outlawed discrimination on the grounds of ‘colour, race, or ethnic, or national origins’ in Author: Jason Rodrigues.

Postcards from the past Following Labour's general election victory inthe new home secretary, Roy Jenkins, introduced the Race Relations Actthe first in a long line of legislation to.

The challenge to local government 9. The following discussion draws upon research conducted with support from the Social Science Research Council.

For further discussion see K. Young and N. Connelly, After the Act: Policy Review for Local Authorities in Multi Author: Ken Young. —(1) Where vehicle excise duty is chargeable on a vehicle (whether by virtue of this Act or the Act of ) and is unpaid, then any person who, at any time while the duty remains unpaid, uses, parks or otherwise keeps the vehicle in a public place or causes another person to so use the vehicle or who authorises such use of the vehicle by.

In promoting good race equality and avoiding unlawful discrimination, we will: a) Adhere to the Statutory Duties under the Race Relations Act (as amended by the Race Relations Amendment Act) Religion. Within THNS we recognise that many world religions are represented and practised by the pupils and their Size: KB.

RACE RELATIONS ACT SECTION 19D MINISTERIAL AUTHORISATION. Race Relations (Immigration and Asylum) Authorisation Made 27 March Coming into Operation 2 April I make the following authorisation under section 19D(3)(a) of the Race Relations Act a: PART I.

GENERAL. Citation, commencement and interpretation. Race Relations (Immigration and Asylum) (Comparison of Fingerprints) Authorisation Signed 2/3/ Coming into Operation 3/3/ I make the following authorisation under section 19D(3)(a) of the Race Relations Act 1: Citation and coming into operation.

This authorisation may be cited as the Race Relations (Immigration and Asylum)File Size: KB. In October a year-old member of the National Socialist Party was found guilty at Middlesex Area Sessions in the first case brought under the incitement section of the Race Relations Act.

The law was tightened up in when racial discrimination was extended to include employment and housing. *NOTE--The Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act is repealed by the Local Government Act [Act ]­see section 22 Laws of Malaysia ACT PART III OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES List of offices (10) Any reference to section 5 of the Act of in sections 10 and 15 of that Act, in section 28 of the Building Societies Act,or in regulations made under the Housing Acts, toshall be construed as a reference to this section.

(11) In this section “housing accommodation” includes sites for caravans within the meaning.The Housing Acts of and provided the foundation for slum clearance and urban renewal. Despite efforts to finesse the issue, race remained central to the for-mation and implementation of public policy.

The Racial Relations Service (RRS), an institutional remnant of the New Deal, tried unsuccessfully to prevent local authori-Cited by: