# Equality Act 2010, Section 24: Irrelevance of alleged discriminator's characteristics


(1) For the purpose of establishing a contravention of this Act by virtue of section 13(1), it does not matter whether A has the protected characteristic.
(2) For the purpose of establishing a contravention of this Act by virtue of section 14(1), it does not matter—
(a) whether A has one of the protected characteristics in the combination;
(b) whether A has both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-24
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