Listed authorities covered by the Scotland specific duties

On this page, you'll find an alphabetical list of all the public authorities who are covered not only by the general public sector equality duty (PSED), but also by the Scotland specific duties under the Equality Act 2010 and the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 as amended. For further information on who is covered solely by the general PSED, see our Technical Guidance on the PSED in Scotland.

Where public authorities belong to a clearly defined sector, such as licensing boards, this is listed in the second column of the table. This is intended to make it easier to find which authorities in that sector are covered.

We have collated a list of the relevant Regulations for the specific duties. View the relevant Regulations.

In 2016, there was an amendment to the PSED Specific Duties Regulations. This introduced a new duty on some authorities to:

• publish information on the number of men and women on their board
• a duty on the Scottish Government to collect information on the protected characteristics of board members of relevant authorities and share that information with those authorities
• for authorities to publish how they have used the information from the Scottish Government, and how they intend to use it, in taking steps to achieve diversity on their boards.

To date, the Scottish Government have not collected the information required for relevant authorities to use. Please check with the Scottish Government for further information on likely implementation dates.    

Relevant authorities who are subject to the duty to publish information about the sex of their board members are indicated in the fourth column of the table.

Most listed authorities started their reporting in 2013 and publish every two or four years depending on the particular duty. Further authorities have been added by amendment to the Regulations, so report on different timescales.

We have set out the reporting schedules for each duty and authority. View the reporting schedules. Each public authority's reporting schedule is listed in the third column of the table below.

Note: While the specific duties lie with Scottish Ministers, the term 'Scottish Ministers' includes all ministers and Scottish Government Executive Agencies. Current Scottish Executive Agencies are:

• Accountant in Bankruptcy
• Disclosure Scotland
• Education Scotland
• Forestry and Land Scotland
• Scottish Forestry
• Scottish Prison Service
• Scottish Public Pensions Agency
• Social Security Scotland
• Student Awards Agency for Scotland
• Transport Scotland

The reporting schedule for Scottish Ministers and Executive Agencies is included in the table below. 

Note: Integration Joint Boards are covered by the specific duties. Integration Joint Boards are responsible for planning services for health and social care. These services are delivered through health and social care partnerships.

Note: The University of the Highlands and Islands is an integrated university encompassing both further and higher education, partnering with independent colleges within their regional structure. We have identified these colleges, which are also covered by the specific duties, below by including ‘UHI’ in their title.