The Race Relations Act 1965

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:citation gptkb:1965_c._73
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:createdCommission gptkb:Race_Relations_Board
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 1965-12-08
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Race Relations Act 1965
gptkbp: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; and to penalise incitement to racial hatred.
gptkbp:notableFor first legislation in the UK to address racial discrimination
gptkbp:purpose penalise incitement to racial hatred
prohibit racial discrimination in public places
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 1965-11-08
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Race_Relations_Act_1976
gptkb:Race_Relations_Act_1968
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Race_Relations_Act_1976
1976
gptkbp:status repealed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:20th-century_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7