Harassment in provision of goods, facilities or services etc.
26.—(1) In the heading to section 24 of the 1976 Act (discrimination: consent for assignment or sub-letting) omit the word “Discrimination”.
(2) That section is amended as follows—
(a)in subsection (1), for the words “to discriminate against” to the end, substitute—
“(a)to discriminate against a person by withholding the licence or consent for disposal of the premises to him, or
(b)in relation to such a licence or consent, to subject to harassment a person who applies for the licence or consent, or from whom the licence or consent is withheld.”; and
(b)in subsection (2), after the word “apply”, insert the words “to discrimination on grounds other than those of race or ethnic or national origins”.