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Publication - Advice and guidance

Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018: statutory guidance

Last updated
26 June 2025 - see all updates
Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate, +1 more … People Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector
ISBN
9781804353554

This content has been reviewed and was updated 26/06/2025

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An errata was published on 26/06/2025 as a result of changes on section 2.12 on page 7, namely “The meaning of “woman” for the purposes of the Act”, to be in line with the Supreme Court ruling of 16 April 2025. The HTML and PDF have been updated to reflect these changes   

Contact

Email: genderrepresentationonpublicboards@gov.scot

First published
19 April 2022
Last updated
26 June 2025 - show all updates

  1. Update to section 2.12 on page 7, namely “The meaning of “woman” for the purposes of the Act”, to be in line with the Supreme Court ruling of 16 April 2025.

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