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Regulation 17 Trade organisationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

It is unlawful for a trade organisation to discriminate against a person –

(a)

in the terms on which it is prepared to admit him to membership of the organisation; or

(b)

by refusing to accept, or deliberately not accepting, his application for membership.

(2)

It is unlawful for a trade organisation, in relation to a member of the organisation, to discriminate against him –

(a)

in the way it affords him access to any benefits or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to them;

(b)

by depriving him of membership, or varying the terms on which he is a member; or

(c)

by subjecting him to any other detriment.

(3)

It is unlawful for a trade organisation, in relation to a person’s membership or application for membership of that organisation, to subject that person to harassment.

(4)

In this regulation –

  • “trade organisation” means an organisation of workers, an organisation of employers, or any other organisation whose members carry on a particular profession or trade for the purposes of which the organisation exists;

  • “profession” includes any vocation or occupation; and

  • “trade” includes any business.

Annotations

Commencement

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Reg. 17 in operation at 2.12.2003, see reg. 1