The Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 75 (5) of the Race Relations Act 1976 preserves the validity of rules restricting employment by public bodies prescribed under that section to persons of particular birth, nationality, descent or residence, and enables such rules, notwithstanding anything in the Act, to be published, displayed or implemented and advertisements to be published stating the gist of such rules. These Regulations prescribe certain public bodies under section 75 (5) and replace the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1984, the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1985, and the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985 which are revoked. The new Regulations take account of changes in the bodies prescribed in the Regulations by excluding 21 existing public bodies which no longer wish to remain prescribed and adding one new body to the list in the Schedule.

The bodies being excluded are:

• British Museum

• British Museum (Natural History) (now Natural History Museum)

• Civil Aviation Authority

• Development Commission (now Rural Development Commission)

• Imperial War Museum

• National Economic Development Office (abolished wef 31 12 92)

• National Gallery

• National Galleries of Scotland

• National Library of Scotland

• National Maritime Museum

• National Museums of Scotland

• National Portrait Gallery

• Royal Air Force Museum

• Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales

• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

• Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts

• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England)

• Science Museum (now The National Museum of Science and Industry)

• Tate Gallery

• Victoria and Albert Museum

• Wallace Collection

The body being added is:

• House of Lords