Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021- SSI to add sex as a characteristic: equality impact assessment

Executive Summary

This document summarises the results of the Equality Impact Assessment (“EQIA”) carried out in respect of the anticipated consequences for the 9 demographic groups protected under Section 4 of the Equality Act 2010^[1]. These protected characteristics are:

• age;
• disability;
• gender reassignment;
• marriage and civil partnership;
• pregnancy and maternity;
• race;
• religion or belief;
• sex; and
• sexual orientation.

Potential impacts have been considered in the context of the public sector equality duty, which requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between different people, when carrying out their activities.