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Section 21: . . . disposal or management of premises.

Race Relations Act 1976 · 1976 c. 74View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part III: Discrimination in other fields

REPEALED on 2010-10-01 by Equality Act 2010.

The text below is from the dated revised snapshot immediately preceding this status change. It is historical and is not current law. View the historical source.

It is unlawful for a person, in relation to premises in Great Britain of which he has power to dispose, to discriminate against another—

in the terms on which he offers him those premises; or
by refusing his application for those premises; or
in his treatment of him in relation to any list of persons in need of premises of that description.

It is unlawful for a person, in relation to premises managed by him, to discriminate against a person occupying the premises—

in the way he affords him access to any benefits or facilities, or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to them; or
by evicting him, or subjecting him to any other detriment.

It is unlawful for a person, in relation to such premises as are referred to in subsection (1) or (2), to subject to harassment a person who applies for or, as the case may be, occupies such premises.

Subsection (1) does not apply to discrimination, on grounds other than those of race or ethnic or national origins, by a person who owns an estate or interest in the premises and wholly occupies them unless he uses the services of an estate agent for the purposes of the disposal of the premises, or publishes or causes to be published an advertisement in connection with the disposal.

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