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(1)A person (an “employment service-provider”) concerned with the provision of an employment service must not discriminate against a person—
(a)in the arrangements the service-provider makes for selecting persons to whom to provide, or to whom to offer to provide, the service;
(b)as to the terms on which the service-provider offers to provide the service to the person;
(c)by not offering to provide the service to the person.
(2)An employment service-provider (A) must not, in relation to the provision of an employment service, discriminate against a person (B)—
(a)as to the terms on which A provides the service to B;
(b)by not providing the service to B;
(c)by terminating the provision of the service to B;
(d)by subjecting B to any other detriment.
(3)An employment service-provider must not, in relation to the provision of an employment service, harass—
(a)a person who asks the service-provider to provide the service;
(b)a person for whom the service-provider provides the service.
(4)An employment service-provider (A) must not victimise a person (B)—
(a)in the arrangements A makes for selecting persons to whom to provide, or to whom to offer to provide, the service;
(b)as to the terms on which A offers to provide the service to B;
(c)by not offering to provide the service to B.
(5)An employment service-provider (A) must not, in relation to the provision of an employment service, victimise a person (B)—
(a)as to the terms on which A provides the service to B;
(b)by not providing the service to B;
(c)by terminating the provision of the service to B;
(d)by subjecting B to any other detriment.
(6)A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to an employment service-provider, except in relation to the provision of a vocational service.
(7)The duty imposed by section 29(7)(a) applies to a person concerned with the provision of a vocational service; but a failure to comply with that duty in relation to the provision of a vocational service is a contravention of this Part for the purposes of Part 9 (enforcement).
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