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.