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(1)It is unlawful for a trade organisation to discriminate against a disabled person—
(a)in the terms on which it is prepared to admit him to membership of the organisation; or
(b)by refusing to accept, or deliberately not accepting, his application for membership.
(2)It is unlawful for a trade organisation, in the case of a disabled person who is a member of the organisation, to discriminate against him—
(a)in the way it affords him access to any benefits or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to them;
(b)by depriving him of membership, or varying the terms on which he is a member; or
(c)by subjecting him to any other detriment.
(3)In the case of an act which constitutes discrimination by virtue of section 55, this section also applies to discrimination against a person who is not disabled.
(4)In this section “trade organisation” means an organisation of workers, an organisation of employers or any other organisation whose members carry on a particular profession or trade for the purposes of which the organisation exists.
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