The Scottish Specific Duties were created by secondary legislation in the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012. The specific duties for Scotland were laid before the Scottish Parliament on 21 March 2012 and came into force on 27 May 2012.

The purpose of the specific duties in Scotland is to help those authorities listed in the Regulations in their performance of the general equality duty[1].

• Duty to report on mainstreaming the equality duty
• Duty to publish equality outcomes and report progress
• Duty to assess and review policies and practices
• Duty to gather and use employee information
• Duty to publish gender pay gap information
• Duty to publish statements on equal pay, etc
• Duty to consider award criteria and conditions in relation to public procurement
• Duty to publish in a manner that is accessible, etc
• Duty of the Scottish Ministers to publish proposals to enable better performance

[1] https://www.crer.org.uk/public-sector-equality-duties