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A shorter chapter entitled ‘What the law requires’, which mostly consists of principles drawn from case law that relate to the general duty (the ‘due regard’ duty). A chapter entitled ‘Putting the general equality duty into practice’, covers some of the areas that in Scotland and Wales are dealt with in separate specific duties, such as: establishing relevance of the duty to ‘your functions’; collecting and using equality information; meeting the duty in policy and decision making; engagement and procurement. A chapter entitled ‘Putting the specific duties into practice’, which covers publishing equality information and publishing equality objectives. A chapter entitled ‘Embedding the equality duty into your organisation’, which includes sections on internal governance and training. A final chapter on the regulatory framework discussing the various roles of the EHRC in relation to the PSED. APPENDICES: Legal text relevant to the general and specific duties for England. Extensive glossary. of the general and specific duties. About the specific duties in Wales: who is covered by the specific duties; what are the specific duties; guides on the specific duties. status of non-statutory guidance. Exceptions. The specific duties (and page references for the specific duties in implementing it and who needs to be aware of it. The specific duties, their purpose, who they apply to, what they require and the contents of each explained in summary. APPENDICES: Relevant legislation setting out the general and specific duties for Scotland. decision making. It also refers to requirements under the Human Rights Act 1998 briefly. Aims of the guide, reiterating the purpose of the guide and who it is for. The benefits of assessing equality impact, including reiterating what the law requires but also expanding on the business case and benefits of for using the PSED in the context of financial decision making. When impact assessments should be conducted. Quality assurance checklist: to ensure robust assessments are conducted and to provide pointers on how the assessment should feed in to the process (4 outcomes and suggested next steps). Some possible consequences of not properly assessing impact.
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