Part 5Work
Chapter 1Employment, etc.
Qualifications
53Qualifications bodies
(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.