Part 5Work
Chapter 1Employment, etc.
Trade organisations
57Trade organisations
(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.