Use AI in ways that are fair and do not discriminate unlawfully

Practical action

Test for disparate outcomes across protected characteristics before and after deployment.

Who does it apply to?

All AI uses affecting people; binding under equality and data-protection law.

Actors

Provider / developerDeployer / user organisation

Sectors

Cross-sector / all sectorsEmployment and HRFinancial services and credit

Use cases

AI in hiring and employmentAI in finance, credit and insurance

Which controls meet this duty?

Satisfies: the control, operated properly, does the work the duty asks for. Supports: it contributes but the duty needs more. Each control page lists every other duty it serves, so work done once can be counted once.

• satisfiesTechnical measureQuality or testing lead · at launch and on material change
  Accuracy, robustness, fairness and security testing

  Serves 15 recorded duties · evidence: Pre-release test report, Test plan and acceptance criteria, Release test sign-off

  Disparate-outcome testing across protected characteristics before and after deployment.

• supportsProcessData governance lead · once per ai system
  Data governance and dataset documentation

  Serves 8 recorded duties · evidence: Dataset documentation sheet, Data quality and bias check report, Dataset approval for use

  Bias checks on training data.

• supportsProcessAI system owner · once per ai system
  AI impact and fundamental-rights impact assessment

  Serves 11 recorded duties · evidence: AI impact assessment, Impact assessment approval, Impact assessment procedure and template

  Identifies groups at risk of unfair treatment.

Templates that cover this duty

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• AI System Inventory

  Register · XLSX and DOCX · v6

• AI Acceptable Use Policy

  Policy · DOCX · v1

• AI Governance Policy and RACI

  Policy · DOCX and XLSX · v5

• NIST AI RMF ↔ EU AI Act ↔ ISO/IEC 42001 Crosswalk

  Crosswalk · XLSX · v3

All 8 templates that cover it →

What evidence would a reviewer expect?

Framework mappings

Original editorial crosswalks. They cite clause numbers only and reproduce no standard text; confidence reflects how direct the mapping is.

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Frequently asked questions

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Use AI in ways that are fair and do not discriminate unlawfully (UK AI regulation framework)” [AIPT-OBL-0074, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0074 (accessed 27 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0074: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.

Cite the official text alongside it: A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, UK Government, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-regulation-a-pro-innovation-approach.

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Change history

Similar obligations in other instruments

• Use high-risk AI as instructed, monitor it and inform affected people — EU AI Act, European Union
• Providers must meet the full set of provider duties for high-risk AI — EU AI Act, European Union
• Providers must supply conformity evidence and log access to authorities on request — EU AI Act, European Union
• Non-EU providers must appoint an EU authorised representative for high-risk AI — EU AI Act, European Union
• Deployers, distributors and importers must assume provider duties when they rebrand or substantially modify high-risk AI — EU AI Act, European Union
• Law-enforcement deployers must obtain authorisation for post-remote biometric identification and report annually — EU AI Act, European Union
• Providers of GPAI models must notify the Commission within two weeks of meeting the systemic-risk threshold — EU AI Act, European Union
• Non-EU providers of GPAI models must appoint an EU authorised representative — EU AI Act, European Union