Race

Under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, public bodies, including Woking Borough Council, were required in carrying out their functions, to have due regard to the need:

• to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination and
• to promote equality of opportunity and good relations between persons of different racial groups.

A number of public bodies, including Woking Borough Council, were subject to specific duties in addition to the general duty. The specific duties required them to publish a race equality scheme and to report on progress annually. Copies of our Race Equality Scheme are available in full or as a summary version.