{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-101",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-101.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "section/101",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "101",
  "heading": "Members and associates",
  "text": "(1) An association (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)—\n(a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to admit to membership;\n(b) as to the terms on which A is prepared to admit B to membership;\n(c) by not accepting B's application for membership.\n(2) An association (A) must not discriminate against a member (B)—\n(a) in the way A affords B access, or by not affording B access, to a benefit, facility or service;\n(b) by depriving B of membership;\n(c) by varying B's terms of membership;\n(d) by subjecting B to any other detriment.\n(3) An association (A) must not discriminate against an associate (B)—\n(a) in the way A affords B access, or by not affording B access, to a benefit, facility or service;\n(b) by depriving B of B's rights as an associate;\n(c) by varying B's rights as an associate;\n(d) by subjecting B to any other detriment.\n(4) An association must not harass—\n(a) a member;\n(b) a person seeking to become a member;\n(c) an associate.\n(5) An association (A) must not victimise a person (B)—\n(a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to admit to membership;\n(b) as to the terms on which A is prepared to admit B to membership;\n(c) by not accepting B's application for membership.\n(6) An association (A) must not victimise a member (B)—\n(a) in the way A affords B access, or by not affording B access, to a benefit, facility or service;\n(b) by depriving B of membership;\n(c) by varying B's terms of membership;\n(d) by subjecting B to any other detriment.\n(7) An association (A) must not victimise an associate (B)—\n(a) in the way A affords B access, or by not affording B access, to a benefit, facility or service;\n(b) by depriving B of B's rights as an associate;\n(c) by varying B's rights as an associate;\n(d) by subjecting B to any other detriment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 101 wholly in force at 1.10.2012; s. 101 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 216; s. 101 in force for certain purposes at 1.10.2010 by S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2(1)(7)(a) (with art. 15); s. 101 in force so far as not already in force at 1.10.2012 by S.I. 2012/1569, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/101",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:05.794452+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}