[21FDiscrimination by private clubs etc.U.K.
[(1)This section applies to any association of persons (however described, whether corporate or unincorporate, and whether or not its activities are carried on for profit) if—
(a)it has twenty-five or more members;
(b)admission to membership is regulated by its constitution and is so conducted that the members do not constitute a section of the public within the meaning of section 19(2); and
(c)it is not an organisation to which section 13 applies.
(2)It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies, in the case of a disabled person who is not a member of the association, to discriminate against him—
(a)in the terms on which it is prepared to admit him to membership; or
(b)by refusing or deliberately omitting to accept his application for membership.
(3)It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies, in the case of a disabled person who is a member, or associate, of the association, to discriminate against him—
(a)in the way it affords him access to a benefit, facility or service;
(b)by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to a benefit, facility or service;
(c)in the case of a member—
(i)by depriving him of membership, or
(ii)by varying the terms on which he is a member;
(d)in the case of an associate—
(i)by depriving him of his rights as an associate, or
(ii)by varying those rights; or
(e)in either case, by subjecting him to any other detriment.
(4)It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies to discriminate against a disabled person—
(a)in the way it affords him access to a benefit, facility or service,
(b)by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to a benefit, facility or service, or
(c)by subjecting him to any other detriment,
in his capacity as a guest of the association.
(5)It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies to discriminate against a disabled person—
(a)in the terms on which it is prepared to invite him, or permit a member or associate to invite him, to be a guest of the association;
(b)by refusing or deliberately omitting to invite him to be a guest of the association; or
(c)by not permitting a member or associate to invite him to be a guest of the association.
(6)It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies to discriminate against a disabled person in failing in prescribed circumstances to comply with a duty imposed on it under section 21H.
(7)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.]]
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