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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 5 excluded by 2005 c. 4, s. 63(4) (as inserted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 10(3); S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g))
C2Pt. 5 excluded by 2005 c. 4, s. 27(5A)(b) (as inserted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 9; S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g))
C3Pt. 5 applied (1.8.2011) by the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1771), regs. 3-5
(1)A qualifications body (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)—
(a)in the arrangements A makes for deciding upon whom to confer a relevant qualification;
(b)as to the terms on which it is prepared to confer a relevant qualification on B;
(c)by not conferring a relevant qualification on B.
(2)A qualifications body (A) must not discriminate against a person (B) upon whom A has conferred a relevant qualification—
(a)by withdrawing the qualification from B;
(b)by varying the terms on which B holds the qualification;
(c)by subjecting B to any other detriment.
(3)A qualifications body must not, in relation to conferment by it of a relevant qualification, harass—
(a)a person who holds the qualification, or
(b)a person who applies for it.
(4)A qualifications body (A) must not victimise a person (B)—
(a)in the arrangements A makes for deciding upon whom to confer a relevant qualification;
(b)as to the terms on which it is prepared to confer a relevant qualification on B;
(c)by not conferring a relevant qualification on B.
(5)A qualifications body (A) must not victimise a person (B) upon whom A has conferred a relevant qualification—
(a)by withdrawing the qualification from B;
(b)by varying the terms on which B holds the qualification;
(c)by subjecting B to any other detriment.
(6)A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to a qualifications body.
(7)The application by a qualifications body of a competence standard to a disabled person is not disability discrimination unless it is discrimination by virtue of section 19.