To approve the Council’s draft Race Equality Scheme and Action Plan 2005-2008. 

THAT    (a) the Race Equality Scheme and action plan 2005-2008 be approved;

(b)          Nominated officers bee accountable for the carrying out of the actions contained within the action plan; and

(c)          The Steering Group be nominated to implement and monitor the Scheme in its entirety.

The Race Relations Amendment Act 2000 (the Act) came into force in April 2001.The subsequent statutory Code of Practice, the Duty to Promote Race Equality, was issued by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) to help public authorities meet the general and specific duties under the Act. One of the specific duties required public authorities to assess their policies and function and publish a Race Equality Scheme and Action Plan (RES) by May 2002 and review it least once every three years.

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