Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 Equality and Diversity Toolkit

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Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000Equality and
Diversity Toolkit
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The Race Relations Amendment Act 2000 (RRAA 2000)
requires authorities to examine all their role
function's and policies to ensure that they meet
the General Duty to promote Race Equality.
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The General Duty as set out in the RRAA 2000 is
To promote equality of opportunity
To eliminate unlawful discrimination
To promote good race relations between people of
different ethnic groups.
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This process will include
Reviewing current role (function)s and policies
(including unwritten custom and practice)
Assessing the potential impact of proposed
policies and role (function)s at the planning
stage, and consulting on this.
The process should take place over a three-year
period starting from May 2002 to May 2005, with
the process being repeated for a new 3 year
plan, to ensure continuous improvement
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• This tool has been produced to assist managers
  in this process. The outcomes of undertaking
  this work will enable the organisation to
  ensure-

Role function's and policies meet the
requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act
Role function's and policies meet the needs of
all our customers and clients
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Accurate information and data on the needs of our
customers and clients is accessible
Comprehensive monitoring data on the
effectiveness of our role function's and
policies is viable
Substantial changes to policies will need to be
referred back to appropriate Managers or
Management Team
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What are the possible reasons for the differences?
Are the differences caused by unlawful
discrimination?
YES
NO
TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION
Is the policy acting as a barrier to
opportunity? Is the policy harming race relations?
Can the differences be avoided?
YES. (Alternative policies without adverse
impact)
NO. (Can be justified through policies wider
aims)
Can the differences be limited?
Consult on changes
Make Changes
Publish results
Monitor outcomes