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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 trade organisation (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)—
(a)in the arrangements A makes for deciding to whom to offer membership of the organisation;
(b)as to the terms on which it is prepared to admit B as a member;
(c)by not accepting B's application for membership.
(2)A trade organisation (A) must not discriminate against a member (B)—
(a)in the way it affords B access, or by not affording B access, to opportunities for receiving a benefit, facility or service;
(b)by depriving B of membership;
(c)by varying the terms on which B is a member;
(d)by subjecting B to any other detriment.
(3)A trade organisation must not, in relation to membership of it, harass—
(a)a member, or
(b)an applicant for membership.
(4)A trade organisation (A) must not victimise a person (B)—
(a)in the arrangements A makes for deciding to whom to offer membership of the organisation;
(b)as to the terms on which it is prepared to admit B as a member;
(c)by not accepting B's application for membership.
(5)A trade organisation (A) must not victimise a member (B)—
(a)in the way it affords B access, or by not affording B access, to opportunities for receiving a benefit, facility or service;
(b)by depriving B of membership;
(c)by varying the terms on which B is a member;
(d)by subjecting B to any other detriment.
(6)A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to a trade organisation.
(7)A trade organisation is—
(a)an organisation of workers,
(b)an organisation of employers, or
(c)any other organisation whose members carry on a particular trade or profession for the purposes of which the organisation exists.