Regulation 18 Qualifications bodiesI1

It is unlawful for a qualifications body to discriminate against a person –

It is unlawful for a qualifications body, in relation to a professional or trade qualification conferred by it, to subject to harassment a person who holds or applies for such a qualification.

Paragraph (1) does not apply to a professional or trade qualification for purposes of an organised religion where a requirement related to sexual orientation is applied to the qualification so as to comply with the doctrines of the religion or avoid conflicting with the strongly held religious convictions of a significant number of the religion’s followers.

In this regulation –

• “qualifications body” means any authority or body which can confer a professional or trade qualification, but it does not include –

  1. (a)

     an educational establishment to which regulation 22 (institutions of further and higher education) applies, or would apply but for the operation of any other provision of these Regulations, or

  2. (b)

     a school;

• “confer” includes renew or extend;

• “professional or trade qualification” means any authorisation, qualification, recognition, registration, enrolment, approval or certification which is needed for, or facilitates engagement in, a particular profession or trade; and

• “profession” and “trade” have the same meaning as in regulation 17.