We are conducting a consultation to gather feedback on the code of practice for services, public functions and associations.
This is a consultation on our code of practice for services, public functions and associations. We previously consulted on this code of practice between 2 October 2024 and 3 January 2025.
We are opening another consultation on the code to gather feedback on changes we have made following the UK Supreme Court ruling on 16 April 2025 in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers (For Women Scotland).
If you have not yet read the code of practice for services, public functions and associations, please read it before responding to this consultation.
We will use responses to make sure the changes are accurate, accessible and provide clarity to service providers, public bodies and associations on their duties under the Equality Act.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) undertakes research under its statutory duties and the information you provide will only be processed under these powers, for the purpose of this research.
All information will be stored in line with our privacy notice and used only for the purposes of this research. We are collecting this information under our statutory powers and we may publish a report of our research. Please do not provide any information that may identify you in any free-text responses. However, any information you provide will be anonymised in our published report and you will not be identified in our report.
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