[14CPractical work experience: discrimination and harassmentE+W+S
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[14CPractical work experience: discrimination and harassmentN.I.
(1)It is unlawful, in the case of a disabled person seeking or undertaking a work placement, for a placement provider to discriminate against him –
(a)in the arrangements which he makes for the purpose of determining who should be offered a work placement;
(b)in the terms on which he affords him access to any work placement or any facilities concerned with such a placement;
(c)by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him such access;
(d)by terminating the placement; or
(e)by subjecting him to any other detriment in relation to the placement.
(2)It is also unlawful for a placement provider, in relation to a work placement, to subject to harassment –
(a)a disabled person to whom he is providing a placement; or
(b)a disabled person who has applied to him for a placement.
[(3)This section and section 14D do not apply—
(a)to anything which is unlawful under any provision of section 4, sections 19 to 21A, sections 21F to 21J or Part 4; or
(b)to anything which would be unlawful under any such provision but for the operation of any provision in or made under this Act.]
(4)In this section and section 14D –
“work placement” means practical work experience undertaken for a limited period for the purposes of a person’s vocational training;
“placement provider” means any person who provides a work placement to a person whom he does not employ.
(5)This section and section 14D do not apply to a work placement undertaken in any of the naval, military and air forces of the Crown.]
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