Race Relations Act 1965

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Race Relations Act 1965 was the United Kingdom’s first legislation to address racial discrimination, marking an early legal step toward promoting racial equality in the post-war era.

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Label	Occurrences
Race Relations Act 1965 canonical	1
Race Relations Acts 1965 and 1968	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
aim	to address racial discrimination in the United Kingdom ⓘ to promote racial equality ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1965 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBody	Race Relations Board NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedTerm	place of public resort ⓘ racial grounds ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	complaints to Race Relations Board ⓘ conciliation procedures ⓘ
followedBy	Race Relations Act 1968 NERFINISHED ⓘ Race Relations Act 1976 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	growing public concern about racial discrimination in the 1960s ⓘ post-war immigration to the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first legislation in the United Kingdom specifically addressing racial discrimination ⓘ
inspiredBy	United States civil rights legislation ⓘ
introducedBy	Labour government NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
legacy	foundation for later, more comprehensive UK race relations legislation ⓘ
legalArea	anti-discrimination law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ
limitedScope	did not cover education ⓘ did not cover employment ⓘ did not cover housing (beyond certain tenancy restrictions) ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to prohibit discrimination on racial grounds in places of public resort; to prevent the enforcement or imposition on racial grounds of restrictions on the transfer of tenancies; to penalise incitement to racial hatred; and to amend the law relating to public order ⓘ
parliament	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
penaltyProvision	criminal offences for incitement to racial hatred ⓘ
politicalContext	Labour government of Harold Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
prohibited	discrimination on racial grounds in places of public resort ⓘ incitement to racial hatred ⓘ refusal of access to public places on racial grounds ⓘ
relatedTo	Equality Act 2010 NERFINISHED ⓘ Race Relations Act 1968 NERFINISHED ⓘ Race Relations Act 1976 NERFINISHED ⓘ
repealedBy	Race Relations Act 1968 NERFINISHED ⓘ
royalAssent	1965-11-08 ⓘ
shortTitle	Race Relations Act 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	repealed ⓘ
subjectMatter	race relations ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ racial equality ⓘ
typeOfDiscriminationAddressed	discrimination on grounds of colour ⓘ discrimination on grounds of ethnic or national origins ⓘ discrimination on grounds of race ⓘ
yearEnacted	1965 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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post-war Britain → hasPart → Race Relations Act 1965 ⓘ

Labour government → implementedPolicy → Race Relations Act 1965 ⓘ

subject surface form: Labour government (Harold Wilson, 1964–1970)

this entity surface form: Race Relations Acts 1965 and 1968