C5C4C2C3C1 Part 5Work
Pt. 5 excluded by 2005 c. 4, s. 27(5A)(b) (as inserted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 9; S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g))
Pt. 5 excluded (coming into force in accordance with reg. 2(1) of the commencing S.I.) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 5 para. 5(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/351, reg. 2(2) [Editorial note: S.I. 2017/1282 was made under 2017 c. 4, Sch. 5 para. 7(1) and comes into force on 12.12.2017]
Pt. 5 restricted (S.) (29.5.2020) by Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 4), ss. 11(2), 13; S.S.I. 2020/119, reg. 2
Pt. 5 applied (1.8.2011) by the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1771), regs. 3-5
Chapter 1Employment, etc.
Qualifications
53Qualifications bodies
1
A qualifications body (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)—
a
in the arrangements A makes for deciding upon whom to confer a relevant qualification;
b
as to the terms on which it is prepared to confer a relevant qualification on B;
c
by not conferring a relevant qualification on B.
2
A qualifications body (A) must not discriminate against a person (B) upon whom A has conferred a relevant qualification—
a
by withdrawing the qualification from B;
b
by varying the terms on which B holds the qualification;
c
by subjecting B to any other detriment.
3
A qualifications body must not, in relation to conferment by it of a relevant qualification, harass—
a
a person who holds the qualification, or
b
a person who applies for it.
4
A qualifications body (A) must not victimise a person (B)—
a
in the arrangements A makes for deciding upon whom to confer a relevant qualification;
b
as to the terms on which it is prepared to confer a relevant qualification on B;
c
by not conferring a relevant qualification on B.
5
A qualifications body (A) must not victimise a person (B) upon whom A has conferred a relevant qualification—
a
by withdrawing the qualification from B;
b
by varying the terms on which B holds the qualification;
c
by subjecting B to any other detriment.
6
A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to a qualifications body.
7
The application by a qualifications body of a competence standard to a disabled person is not disability discrimination unless it is discrimination by virtue of section 19.
Pt. 5 excluded by 2005 c. 4, s. 63(4) (as inserted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 10(3); S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g))