Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018
| Act of the Scottish Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about gender representation on boards of Scottish public authorities. |
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| Citation | 2018 asp 4 |
| Introduced by | Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP |
| Territorial extent | Scotland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 8 March 2018 |
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Status: Amended | |
| History of passage through the Parliament | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 4) is an act of the Scottish Parliament which received royal assent on 9 March 2018.
The act is designed to make more public boards in Scotland more diverse in terms of gender to be more representative of Scotland, requiring that they encourage applications from women. The Act requires that when there is a vacancy, there must be more than one candidate and at least one candidate must be a woman and one candidate must not be a woman.