# Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Section 21F: Discrimination by private clubs etc.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This section applies to any association of persons (however described, whether corporate or unincorporate, and whether or not its activities are carried on for profit) if—
(a) it has twenty-five or more members;
(b) admission to membership is regulated by its constitution and is so conducted that the members do not constitute a section of the public within the meaning of section 19(2); and
(c) it is not an organisation to which section 13 applies.
(2) It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies, in the case of a disabled person who is not a member of the association, to discriminate against him—
(a) in the terms on which it is prepared to admit him to membership; or
(b) by refusing or deliberately omitting to accept his application for membership.
(3) It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies, in the case of a disabled person who is a member, or associate, of the association, to discriminate against him—
(a) in the way it affords him access to a benefit, facility or service;
(b) by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to a benefit, facility or service;
(c) in the case of a member—
(i) by depriving him of membership, or
(ii) by varying the terms on which he is a member;
(d) in the case of an associate—
(i) by depriving him of his rights as an associate, or
(ii) by varying those rights; or
(e) in either case, by subjecting him to any other detriment.
(4) It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies to discriminate against a disabled person—
(a) in the way it affords him access to a benefit, facility or service,
(b) by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to a benefit, facility or service, or
(c) by subjecting him to any other detriment,
in his capacity as a guest of the association.
(5) It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies to discriminate against a disabled person—
(a) in the terms on which it is prepared to invite him, or permit a member or associate to invite him, to be a guest of the association;
(b) by refusing or deliberately omitting to invite him to be a guest of the association; or
(c) by not permitting a member or associate to invite him to be a guest of the association.
(6) It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies to discriminate against a disabled person in failing in prescribed circumstances to comply with a duty imposed on it under section 21H.
(7) In the case of an act which constitutes discrimination by virtue of section 55, this section also applies to discrimination against a person who is not disabled.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/50/section/21F (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995/section-21F
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