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Section 24: Irrelevance of alleged discriminator's characteristics

Equality Act 2010 · 2010 c. 15View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Equality: key concepts — Chapter 2: Prohibited conduct

For the purpose of establishing a contravention of this Act by virtue of section 13(1), it does not matter whether A has the protected characteristic.

For the purpose of establishing a contravention of this Act by virtue of section 14(1), it does not matter—

whether A has one of the protected characteristics in the combination;
whether A has both.

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