Point in time view as at 01/01/2024.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Equality Act 2010,
Part 3
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20(1)A is not subject to a duty to make reasonable adjustments if A does not know, and could not reasonably be expected to know—E+W+S
(a)in the case of an applicant or potential applicant, that an interested disabled person is or may be an applicant for the work in question;
(b)[F1in any case referred to in Part 2 of this Schedule], that an interested disabled person has a disability and is likely to be placed at the disadvantage referred to in the first, second or third requirement.
(2)An applicant is, in relation to the description of A specified in the first column of the table, a person of a description specified in the second column (and the reference to a potential applicant is to be construed accordingly).
| Description of A | Applicant |
|---|---|
| An employer | An applicant for employment |
| A firm or proposed firm | A candidate for a position as a partner |
| An LLP or proposed LLP | A candidate for a position as a member |
| A barrister or barrister's clerk | An applicant for a pupillage or tenancy |
| An advocate or advocate's clerk | An applicant for being taken as an advocate's devil or for becoming a member of a stable |
| A relevant person in relation to a personal or public office | A person who is seeking appointment to, or recommendation or approval for appointment to, the office |
| A qualifications body | An applicant for the conferment of a relevant qualification |
| An employment service-provider | An applicant for the provision of an employment service |
| A trade organisation | An applicant for membership |
(3)If the duty to make reasonable adjustments is imposed on A by section 55, this paragraph applies only in so far as the employment service which A provides is vocational training within the meaning given by section 56(6)(b).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 8 para. 20(1)(b) substituted (4.4.2011) by The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities and Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1060), arts. 1(2), 6(2)
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