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        Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        Part I Discrimination To Which Act Applies
        1. Racial discrimination.
        2. Discrimination by way of victimisation.
        3. Meaning of "racial grounds","racial group" etc.
        3A. Harassment
        Part II Discrimination in the Employment Field
        Discrimination by employers
        4. Applicants and employees.
        4A. Exception for genuine occupational requirement
        5. Exceptions for genuine occupational qualifications.
        6. Exception for employment intended to provide training in skills to be exercised outside Great Britain.
        7. Contract workers.
        8. Meaning of employment at establishment in Great Britain.
        9. Exception for seamen recruited abroad.
        Discrimination by other bodies
        10. Partnerships.
        11. Trade unions etc.
        12. Qualifying bodies.
        13. Persons concerned with provision of vocational training.
        14. Employment agencies.
        15. Manpower Services Commission etc.
        Police
        16. Police.
        Part III Discrimination in other fields
        Education
        17. Bodies in charge of educational establishments.
        17A. Meaning of pupil in section 17.
        18. Other discrimination etc. by local education authorities.
        18A. Further Education and Higher Education Funding Councils
        18B. Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Councils.
        18BA. Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
        18C. Discrimination by Funding Agency for Schools or Schools Funding Council for Wales.
        18D. Training and Development Agency for Schools.
        19. General duty in public sector of education.
        19ZA. General duty: post-16 education and training etc.
        Planning
        19A. Discrimination by planning authorities.
        Public authorities
        19B. Public authorities.
        19C. Exceptions or further exceptions from section 19B for judicial and legislative acts etc.
        19D. Exception from section 19B for certain acts in immigration and nationality cases.
        19E. Monitoring of exception in relation to immigration and nationality cases.
        19F. Exceptions from section 19B for decisions not to prosecute etc.
        Goods, facilities, services and premises
        20. Provision of goods, facilities or services.
        21. Disposal or management of premises.
        22. Exception from ss. 20(1) and 21: small dwellings.
        23. Further exceptions from ss. 20 and 21.
        24. Consent for assignment or sub-letting.
        25. Discrimination: associations not within s. 11.
        26. Exception from s. 25 for certain associations.
        Barristers
        26A. Barristers.
        Advocates
        26B. Advocates.
        Extent
        27. Extent of Part III.
        Part IV Other Unlawful Acts
        27A. Relationships which have come to an end
        28. Discriminatory practices.
        29. Discriminatory advertisements.
        30. Instructions to commit unlawful acts.
        31. Pressure to commit unlawful acts.
        32. Liability of employers and principals.
        33. Aiding unlawful acts.
        Part V Charities
        34. Charities.
        Part VI General Exceptions From Parts II to IV
        35. Special needs of racial groups in regard to education, training or welfare.
        36. Provision of education or training for persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain.
        37. Discriminatory training by certain bodies.
        38. Other discriminatory training etc.
        39. Sports and competitions.
        40. Indirect access to benefits etc.
        41. Acts done under statutory authority etc.
        42. Acts safeguarding national security.
        Part VII The Commission for Racial Equality
        Part VIII Enforcement
        General
        53. Restriction of proceedings for breach of Act.
        Enforcement in employment field
        54. Jurisdiction ofemployment tribunals.
        54A. Burden of proof: employment tribunals
        55. Conciliation in employment cases.
        56. Remedies on complaint under s. 54.
        Enforcement of Part III
        57. Claims under Part III.
        57ZA. Burden of proof : County and Sheriff Courts
        57A. Claims under section 19B in immigration cases.
        Non-discrimination notices
        58. Issue of non-discrimination notice.
        59. Appeal against non-discrimination notice.
        60. Investigation as to compliance with non-discrimination notice.
        61. Register of non-discrimination notices.
        Other enforcement by Commission
        62. Persistent discrimination.
        63. Enforcement of ss. 29 to 31.
        64. Preliminary action in employment cases.
        Help for persons suffering discrimination
        65. Help for aggrieved persons in obtaining information etc.
        66. Assistance by Commission.
        Sheriff courts and designated county courts
        67. Sheriff courts and designated county courts.
        67A. National security: procedure.
        Period within which proceedings to be brought
        68. Period within which proceedings to be brought.
        Evidence
        69. Evidence.
        Part IX
        70. . . .
        Part X Supplemental
        71. Specified authorities: general statutory duty.
        71A. General statutory duty: special cases.
        71B. General statutory duty: Scotland and Wales.
        71C. General statutory duty: codes of practice.
        71D. General statutory duty: compliance notices.
        71E. Enforcement of compliance notices.
        72. Validity and revision of contracts.
        72A. Collective agreements and rules of undertakings
        72B. {A person to whom this subsection applies may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that a term...}
        73. Power to amend certain provisions of Act.
        74. Orders and regulations.
        75. Application to Crown etc.
        75A. Application to House of Commons staff.
        75B. Application to House of Lords staff.
        76. Government appointments outside s. 4.
        76ZA. Other office holders
        Police
        76A. Police forces.
        76B. Other police bodies etc.
        77. Financial provisions.
        78. General interpretation provisions.
        79. Transitional and commencement provisions, amendments and repeals.
        80. Short title and extent.
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 THE COMMISSION FOR RACIAL EQUALITY
        SCHEDULE 1A BODIES AND OTHER PERSONS SUBJECT TO GENERAL STATUTORY DUTY
        PART I ORIGINAL CATEGORIES OF BODIES AND OTHER PERSONS
        PART II BODIES AND OTHER PERSONS ADDED AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF GENERAL STATUTORY DUTY
        PART III BODIES AND OTHER PERSONS ADDED ON 31ST DECEMBER 2003
        PART IV BODIES AND OTHER PERSONS ADDED ON 31ST DECEMBER 2004
        PART V BODIES AND OTHER PERSONS ADDED ON 3RD OCTOBER 2006
        SCHEDULE 2 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
        SCHEDULE 3
        SCHEDULE 4 AMENDMENTS OF SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT 1975
        SCHEDULE 5 REPEALS

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