# Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 17: Trade organisations

Extent: N.I.

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/497/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-sexual-orientation-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-17
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