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Discrimination as respects trainingE+W+S

7 Prohibition of discrimination in connection with provision of training.E+W+S

(1)The following section shall be substituted for section 14 of the 1975 Act—

14 Persons concerned with provision of vocational training.

(1)It is unlawful, in the case of a woman seeking or undergoing training which would help fit her for any employment, for any person who provides, or makes arrangements for the provision of, facilities for such training to discriminate against her—

(a)in the terms on which that person affords her access to any training course or other facilities concerned with such training, or

(b)by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford her such access, or

(c)by terminating her training, or

(d)by subjecting her to any detriment during the course of her training.

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a)discrimination which is rendered unlawful by section 6(1) or (2) or section 22 or 23, or

(b)discrimination which would be rendered unlawful by any of those provisions but for the operation of any other provision of this Act.

(2)The following section shall be substituted for section 13 of the M1Race Relations Act 1976—

13 Persons concerned with provision of vocational training.

(1)It is unlawful, in the case of an individual seeking or undergoing training which would help fit him for any employment, for any person who provides, or makes arrangements for the provision of, facilities for such training to discriminate against him—

(a)in the terms on which that person affords him access to any training course or other facilities concerned with such training; or

(b)by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him such access; or

(c)by terminating his training; or

(d)by subjecting him to any detriment during the course of his training.

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a)discrimination which is rendered unlawful by section 4(1) or (2) or section 17 or 18; or

(b)discrimination which would be rendered unlawful by any of those provisions but for the operation of any other provision of this Act.

(3)In section 37 of the M2Race Relations Act 1976 (discriminatory training by certain bodies)—

(a)in subsection (1), for “a training body” and “it appears to the training body” there shall be substituted “ any person ” and “ it reasonably appears to that person ” respectively;

(b)in subsection (2), for “it appears to a training body” and “the training body” there shall be substituted “ it reasonably appears to any person ” and “ that person ” respectively; and

(c)the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (3)—

(3)The preceding provisions of this section shall not apply to any discrimination which is rendered unlawful by section 4(1) or (2).

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