12 Qualifying bodies.E+W+S
(1)It is unlawful for an authority or body which can confer an authorisation or qualification which is needed for, or facilitates, engagement in a particular profession or trade to discriminate against a person—
(a)in the terms on which it is prepared to confer on him that authorisation or qualification; or
(b)by refusing, or deliberately omitting to grant, his application for it; or
(c)by withdrawing it from him or varying the terms on which he holds it.
(2)In this section—
(a)“authorisation or qualification” includes recognition, registration, enrolment, approval and certification;
(b)“confer” includes renew or extend.
(3)Subsection (1) does not apply to discrimination which is rendered unlawful by section 17 or 18.