SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Services and public functions: exceptions

Part 5Insurance, etc.

21Disability

1

It is not a contravention of section 29, so far as relating to disability discrimination, to do anything in connection with insurance business if—

a

that thing is done by reference to information that is both relevant to the assessment of the risk to be insured and from a source on which it is reasonable to rely, and

b

it is reasonable to do that thing.

2

“Insurance business” means business which consists of effecting or carrying out contracts of insurance; and that definition is to be read with—

a

section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000,

b

any relevant order under that Act, and

c

Schedule 2 to that Act.