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Race Relations Act 1976

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21Discrimination in disposal or management of premises

(1)It is unlawful for a person, in relation to premises in Great Britain of which he has power to dispose, to discriminate against another—

(a)in the terms on which he offers him those premises ; or

(b)by refusing his application for those premises ; or

(c)in his treatment of him in relation to any list of persons in need of premises of that description.

(2)It is unlawful for a person, in relation to premises managed by him, to discriminate against a person occupying the premises—

(a)in the way he affords him access to any benefits or facilities, or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to them ; or

(b)by evicting him, or subjecting him to any other detriment.

(3)Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who owns an estate or interest in the premises and wholly occupies them unless he uses the services of an estate agent for the purposes of the disposal of the premises, or publishes or causes to be published an advertisement in connection with the disposal.

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