Blackstone's Guide to the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000
- ISBN-10
- 1841742686
- ISBN-13
- 9781841742687
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Henrietta Hill
Description
The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 extends and strengthens the Race Relations Act 1976 by giving individuals new rights to challenge race discrimination by public authorities. It also imposes wide positive duties on certain public bodies to eliminate race discrimination and promote equality.This Guide provides a clear and logical explanation of this significant new piece of race relations legislation and explains:the definition of 'public authority' and the types of discrimination covered by the new legislationthe scope of the exceptions to the new prohibition on discriminationthe new vicarious liability of the policethe new general duty and the new specific duties on public bodies, and the Commission for Racial Equality's power of enforcementthe procedure for challenging unlawful discrimination by public bodiesthe special procedure for bringing claims which arise out of education, crime and immigration and asylum casesthe motivation behind the Act and international developments in discrimination law
