The Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1994

Made: 17 January 1994

Laid before Parliament: 25 January 1994

Coming into force: 17 February 1994

The Minister for the Civil Service, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 75(5)(a) of the Race Relations Act 1976[^f00001], hereby makes the following Regulations:

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 17 February 1994.

• (2) In these Regulations—

• “members of the Metropolitan Police civil staff” means persons who are employed under the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, who are not constables and whose salaries are paid out of the Metropolitan Police Fund.

• “relevant members of the House of Commons staff” means— any person appointed by the House of Commons Commission; and any member of the Speaker’s personal staff.

• “relevant members of the House of Lords staff” means— any persons employed under a contract of employment with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords.

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The public bodies specified in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be public bodies prescribed for the purposes of section 75(5) of the Race Relations Act 1976.

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The Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1984[^f00002], the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1985[^f00003] and the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985[^f00004] are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — PRESCRIBED PUBLIC BODIES

• Bank of England

• Board of Trustees of the Armouries (as respects the employment of the Master and Deputy Master of the Armouries)

• British Council

• House of Commons (as respects the employment of relevant members of the House of Commons staff)

• House of Lords (as respects the employment of relevant members of the House of Lords staff)

• Metropolitan Police Service (as respects the employment of members of the Metropolitan Police civil staff)

• National Army Museum

• National Audit Office

• Natural Environment Research Council

• Science and Engineering Research Council

• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Signed

Given under the official seal of the Minister for the Civil Service on 17 January 1994.

William Waldegrave — Authorised on behalf of the Minister for the Civil Service

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 75 (5) of the Race Relations Act 1976 preserves the validity of rules restricting employment by public bodies prescribed under that section to persons of particular birth, nationality, descent or residence, and enables such rules, notwithstanding anything in the Act, to be published, displayed or implemented and advertisements to be published stating the gist of such rules. These Regulations prescribe certain public bodies under section 75 (5) and replace the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1984, the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1985, and the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985 which are revoked. The new Regulations take account of changes in the bodies prescribed in the Regulations by excluding 21 existing public bodies which no longer wish to remain prescribed and adding one new body to the list in the Schedule.

The bodies being excluded are:

• British Museum

• British Museum (Natural History) (now Natural History Museum)

• Civil Aviation Authority

• Development Commission (now Rural Development Commission)

• Imperial War Museum

• National Economic Development Office (abolished wef 31 12 92)

• National Gallery

• National Galleries of Scotland

• National Library of Scotland

• National Maritime Museum

• National Museums of Scotland

• National Portrait Gallery

• Royal Air Force Museum

• Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales

• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

• Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts

• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England)

• Science Museum (now The National Museum of Science and Industry)

• Tate Gallery

• Victoria and Albert Museum

• Wallace Collection

The body being added is:

• House of Lords

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1976 c. 74

[^f00002]: SI 1984/218

[^f00003]: SI 1985/1309

[^f00004]: SI 1985/1757