Part 2Equality: key concepts

Chapter 1Protected characteristics

5Age

(1)

In relation to the protected characteristic of age—

(a)

a reference to a person who has a particular protected characteristic is a reference to a person of a particular age group;

(b)

a reference to persons who share a protected characteristic is a reference to persons of the same age group.

(2)

A reference to an age group is a reference to a group of persons defined by reference to age, whether by reference to a particular age or to a range of ages.