Part 1The Commission for Equality and Human Rights

Duties

11Monitoring the law

1

The Commission shall monitor the effectiveness of the equality and human rights enactments.

2

The Commission may—

a

advise central government about the effectiveness of any of the equality and human rights enactments;

b

recommend to central government the amendment, repeal, consolidation (with or without amendments) or replication (with or without amendments) of any of the equality and human rights enactments;

c

advise central or devolved government about the effect of an enactment (including an enactment in or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament);

d

advise central or devolved government about the likely effect of a proposed change of law.

3

In this section—

a

“central government” means Her Majesty's Government,

b

“devolved government” means—

i

the Scottish Ministers, and

ii

the F1Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales and the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly GovernmentF1, and

F2c

a reference to the equality and human rights enactments is a reference to the Human Rights Act 1998, this Act and the Equality Act 2010.