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.