Part 13Other special types of company etc
Chapter 9Community amateur sports clubs
Basic concepts
659Meaning of “open to the whole community”
1
A club is “open to the whole community” for the purposes of section 658 if—
a
its membership is open to all without discrimination,
b
its facilities are available to members without discrimination, and
c
its fees (if any) do not represent a significant obstacle to membership or use of its facilities.
2
For the purposes of this section “discrimination” includes indirect discrimination and (in particular) includes discrimination on the grounds of—
a
ethnicity or nationality,
b
religion or beliefs,
c
sexual orientation, or
d
sex, age or disability (except as a necessary consequence of the requirements of a particular sport).
3
A club is not prevented from being “open to the whole community” for the purposes of section 658 merely because it has different classes of membership depending on—
a
the age of the member,
b
whether the member is a student,
c
whether the member is waged,
d
whether the member is a playing member, or
e
how far from the club the member lives,
or merely because it has restrictions on the days or times when different classes of membership have access to its facilities.