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Section 5: Age

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

Part 2: Equality: key concepts — Chapter 1: Protected characteristics

In relation to the protected characteristic of age—

a reference to a person who has a particular protected characteristic is a reference to a person of a particular age group;
a reference to persons who share a protected characteristic is a reference to persons of the same age group.

A reference to an age group is a reference to a group of persons defined by reference to age, whether by reference to a particular age or to a range of ages.

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