Equality Impact Assessment

Lead officer(s)

David Mitchell

Date relevance assessment conducted

01 Nov 2022

Which groups of people do you think will be, or potentially could be, impacted (positively or negatively) upon by the implementation of this policy?

People with disabilities : No

People from black and minority ethnic communities and different racial backgrounds : No

Women and men (boys and girls) : No

Older people : No

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people : No

People from different religions or beliefs and people with no belief : No

Women who are pregnant or on maternity leave : No

People who are married or in a civil partnership : No

Children and young people : No

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially impact on Children's Rights 4?

N/A

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially impact on Human Rights 8?

N/A

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially:

Eliminate discrimination faced by particular groups : low

Impact upon the promotion of equality of opportunity between particular groups : low

Impact upon good relations between particular groups : low

Does it have overall relevance to equality? low

Impact on communities, including communities of interest: low

Reduce inequalities of outcome caused by socio-economic disadvantage:

Equality impact assessment required?

No

Rationale for decision

Changes to the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 requires Local Authorities to pass a Resolution if they wish to licence Sexual Entertainment Venues (SEVs) and in so doing require the Local Authority to prepare a Sexual Entertainment Venue Policy Statement. The Local Authority has determined that the number of venues able to operate within East Ayrshire be set at Nil. Although any application lodged must be considered and dealt with on merit, the policy position is not to grant a SEV Licence in East Ayrshire. As there is no impact or discrimination on the groups stated above an Equality Impact Assessment is not required. The policy will be reviewed as required and further EQIAs will be undertaken during the review process.