Blackstone's Guide to the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000

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 legislation the scope of the exceptions to the new prohibition on discrimination the new vicarious liability of the police the new general duty and the new specific duties on public bodies, and the Commission for Racial Equality's power of enforcement the procedure for challenging unlawful discrimination by public bodies the special procedure for bringing claims which arise out of education, crime and immigration and asylum cases the motivation behind the Act and international developments in discrimination law

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 book provides a clear and logical explanation of this significant new piece of race relations legislation.