This Order amends the list of public authorities in Part 3 of Schedule 19 to the Equality Act 2010 by adding Children’s Hearings Scotland and the National Convener of Children’s Hearings Scotland to that list. The public authorities listed in Part 3 are subject to the public sector equality duty in section 149 of that Act.

The public sector equality duty is to have regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited under the Act, to advance equality of opportunity and to foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.