The Scottish Government is consulting on changes to the draft regulations relating to the public sector equality duty specific duties. The public sector equality duty aims to assist public authorities ensure that their services, policies and practices promote equality, eliminate discrimination, and foster good relations and came into force in Scotland on 5 April 2011. The specific duties outlined in the draft regulations aim to enable better performance of the general public sector equality duty and the previous draft regulations were withdrawn earlier this year following the comments of the Equal Opportunities Committee in March 2011. This new consultation focuses on the revisals to the draft regulations and includes specific duties with regard to procurement. It will be of interest to those working in HR, Estates and Procurement and Student and Staff Support Services in colleges and universities in Scotland.