Race Relations Act 1976
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to make fresh provision with respect to discrimination on racial grounds and relations between people of different racial groups; and to make in the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 amendments for bringing provisions in that Act relating to its administration and enforcement into conformity with the corresponding provisions in this Act. |
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| Citation | 1976 c. 74 |
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 November 1976 |
| Commencement | 1 September 1977 |
| Repealed | 1 October 2010 |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74) was established by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to prevent discrimination on the grounds of race. The scope of the legislation included discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin in the fields of employment, the provision of goods and services, education and public functions. The act also established the Commission for Racial Equality with a view to review the legislation, which was put in place to make sure the act's rules were followed.
The act incorporated the earlier Race Relations Act 1965 and Race Relations Act 1968 and was later amended by the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000, notably imposing a statutory duty on public bodies to promote racial equality and to demonstrate that procedures to prevent race discrimination were effective.
The act was repealed by the Equality Act 2010, which superseded and consolidated previous discrimination law in the UK.