Section 53: Qualifications bodies

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

Part 5: Work — Chapter 1: Employment, etc.

A qualifications body (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)—

in the arrangements A makes for deciding upon whom to confer a relevant qualification;
as to the terms on which it is prepared to confer a relevant qualification on B;
by not conferring a relevant qualification on B.

A qualifications body (A) must not discriminate against a person (B) upon whom A has conferred a relevant qualification—

by withdrawing the qualification from B;
by varying the terms on which B holds the qualification;
by subjecting B to any other detriment.

A qualifications body must not, in relation to conferment by it of a relevant qualification, harass—

a person who holds the qualification, or
a person who applies for it.

A qualifications body (A) must not victimise a person (B)—

in the arrangements A makes for deciding upon whom to confer a relevant qualification;
as to the terms on which it is prepared to confer a relevant qualification on B;
by not conferring a relevant qualification on B.

A qualifications body (A) must not victimise a person (B) upon whom A has conferred a relevant qualification—

by withdrawing the qualification from B;
by varying the terms on which B holds the qualification;
by subjecting B to any other detriment.

A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to a qualifications body.

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.

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