Part 5Work
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.