C5C4C2C3C1 Part 5Work

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5

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))

C4

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))

C2

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]

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.