28.—(1) It is unlawful for any person concerned with the provision (for payment or not) of goods, facilities or services to the public or a section of the public to discriminate against a person who seeks to obtain or use those goods, facilities or services—
(a)by refusing or deliberately omitting to provide him with any of them; or
(b)by refusing or deliberately omitting to provide him with goods, facilities or services of the same quality, in the same manner and on the same terms as are normal in his case in relation to other members of the public or (where the person so seeking belongs to a section of the public) to other members of that section.
(2) The following are examples of the facilities and services mentioned in paragraph (1)—
(a)access to and use of any place which members of the public are permitted to enter;
(b)accommodation in a hotel, boarding house or other similar establishment;
(c)facilities by way of banking or insurance or for grants, loans, credit or finance;
(d)facilities for training;
(e)facilities for entertainment, recreation or refreshment;
(f)facilities for transport or travel;
(g)the services of any profession, trade or business, or any local or other public authority.
29.—(1) It is unlawful for a person with power to dispose of any premises to discriminate against another—
(a)in the terms on which he offers him those premises; or
(b)by refusing his application for those premises; or
(c)in his treatment of him in relation to any list of persons in need of premises of that description.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who owns an estate in the premises and wholly occupies them unless, for the purpose of disposing of the premises, he—
(a)uses the services of an estate agent; or
(b)publishes an advertisement or causes an advertisement to be published.
(3) It is unlawful for a person managing any premises to discriminate against a person occupying those premises—
(a)in the way he affords him access to any benefits, or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to them; or
(b)by evicting him, or subjecting him to any other detriment.
(4) It is unlawful for any person whose licence or consent is required for the disposal of any premises comprised in a tenancy to discriminate against a person by withholding his licence or consent for the disposal of the premises to that person.
(5) Paragraph (4) applies to tenancies created before as well as after the coming into operation of this Article.
(6) In this Article—
“dispose”, in relation to premises, includes granting a right to occupy the premises, and, in relation to premises comprised in a tenancy, includes—
assigning the tenancy, and
sub-letting or parting with possession of the premises or any part of the premises; and “disposal” shall be construed accordingly;
“estate agent” means a person who, by way of profession or trade, provides services for the purpose of finding premises for persons seeking to acquire them or assisting in the disposal of premises; and
“tenancy” means a tenancy created—
by a lease or sub-lease,
by an agreement for a lease or sub-lease,
by a tenancy agreement, or
in pursuance of any statutory provision.
(7) This Article applies only in relation to premises in Northern Ireland.
30.—(1) Where the conditions mentioned in paragraph (2) are satisfied—
(a)Article 28(1) does not apply to the provision by a person of accommodation in any premises;
(b)Article 29(1) does not apply to the disposal by a person of any premises;
(c)Article 29(4) does not apply to the withholding of any consent or licence.
(2) The conditions are that—
(a)the relevant occupier resides, and intends to continue to reside, on the premises;
(b)the relevant occupier shares accommodation on the premises with persons who reside on the premises and are not members of his household;
(c)the shared accommodation is not storage accommodation or a means of access; and
(d)the premises are small premises.
(3) For the purposes of this Article, premises are “small premises” if they fall within paragraph (4) or (5).
(4) Premises fall within this paragraph if—
(a)only the relevant occupier and members of his household reside in the accommodation occupied by him;
(b)the premises comprise, in addition to the accommodation occupied by the relevant occupier, residential accommodation for at least one other household;
(c)the residential accommodation for each other household is let, or available for letting, on a separate tenancy or similar agreement; and
(d)there are not normally more than two such other households.
(5) Premises fall within this paragraph if there is not normally residential accommodation on the premises for more than 6 persons in addition to the relevant occupier and any members of his household.
(6) For the purposes of this Article “the relevant occupier” means—
(a)in a case falling within Article 28(1), the person providing the accommodation or a near relative of his;
(b)in a case falling within Article 29(1), the person with power to dispose of the premises, or a near relative of his;
(c)in a case falling within Article 29(4), the person whose licence or consent is required for the disposal of the premises, or a near relative of his.
(7) For the purposes of this Article “near relative” means a person’s spouse, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or brother or sister (whether of full or half blood or by affinity).
31.—(1) Articles 28(1) and 29 do not apply—
(a)to discrimination which is rendered unlawful by any provision of Part III or Article 27; or
(b)to discrimination which would be rendered unlawful by any provision of Part III but for Article 22(3) or 70(1)(b).
(2) Article 28(1) does not apply to anything done by a person as a participant in arrangements under which he (for reward or not) takes into his home, and treats as if they were members of his family, children, elderly persons, or persons requiring a special degree of care and attention.
(3) So far as it relates to discrimination on the grounds of religious belief, Article 28(1) does not apply to goods, facilities or services provided by, or on behalf of, a religious denomination where the essential nature of the goods, facilities or services requires them to be provided—
(a)only to persons holding or not holding a particular religious belief; or
(b)in a manner or on terms which, apart from this paragraph, would be unlawful by virtue of this Order.
(4) So far as it relates to discrimination on the grounds of political opinion, Article 28(1) does not apply to goods, facilities or services provided by, or on behalf of, a party registered under the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 where the essential nature 1998 c. of the goods, facilities or services requires them to be provided—
(a)only to persons holding or not holding a particular political opinion; or
(b)in a manner or on terms which, apart from this paragraph, would be unlawful by virtue of this Order.
(5) Article 28(1) does not apply to any goods, facilities or services provided by—
(a)the Board of Governors or proprietor of a school;
(b)the governing body of a college of education; or
(c)a person providing training in connection with any employment or occupation as a clergyman or minister of religion.
(6) Where premises fall within paragraph (7)—
(a)Article 29(2) does not apply to the disposal by a person of those premises;
(b)Article 29(4) does not apply to the withholding of any consent or licence in relation to those premises.
(7) Premises fall within this paragraph if the premises are—
(a)a school;
(b)a college of education; or
(c)premises comprising an establishment providing training in connection with any employment or occupation as a clergyman or minister of religion.