Amendment of section 1 of the Equality Act 20102

In section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 (public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities), after subsection (3)2, insert—

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This section also applies to the following authorities—

a

the Welsh Ministers;

b

a county council or county borough council in Wales;

c

a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 20063;

d

an NHS Trust established under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

e

a Special Health Authority established under section 224 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 other than a cross-border Special Health Authority (within the meaning of section 8A(5)5 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006);

f

a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 26 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies, for an area in Wales;

g

a National Park authority established by an order under section 63 of the Environment Act 19957 for an area in Wales;

h

the Welsh Revenue Authority or Awdurdod Cyllid Cymru.