| Act of the Scottish Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about gender representation on boards of Scottish public authorities. |
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| Citation | 2018 asp 4 |
| Introduced by | Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP |
| Territorial extent |  Scotland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 8 March 2018 |
| Commencement | 1 December 2018 (in part), 29 May 2020 (in part) |
Status: Amended | |
| History of passage through Parliament | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which received royal assent on 9th March 2018.[1]
The Act is designed to make more public boards in Scotland more diverse in terms of gender to be more representative of Scotland.
The Act requires all organisations with public boards to encourage applications from women. The Act requires that when there is a vacancy, there must be more than one candidate and at least one candidate must be a woman and one candidate must not be a woman.[1]
- ^ a b Scottish Parliament. Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 as amended (see also enacted form), from legislation.gov.uk.