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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Advocates",
  "text": "(1) An advocate (A) must not discriminate against a person (B)—\n(a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to take as A's devil or to whom to offer membership of a stable;\n(b) as to the terms on which A offers to take B as A's devil or offers B membership of a stable;\n(c) by not offering to take B as A's devil or not offering B membership of a stable.\n(2) An advocate (A) must not discriminate against a person (B) who is a devil or a member of a stable—\n(a) as to the terms on which B is a devil or a member of the stable;\n(b) in the way A affords B access, or by not affording B access, to opportunities for training or gaining experience or for receiving any other benefit, facility or service;\n(c) by terminating A's relationship with B (where B is a devil);\n(d) by subjecting B to pressure to leave the stable;\n(e) by subjecting B to any other detriment.\n(3) An advocate must not, in relation to a relationship with a devil or membership of a stable, harass—\n(a) a devil or member;\n(b) a person who has applied to be taken as the advocate's devil or to become a member of the stable.\n(4) An advocate (A) must not victimise a person (B)—\n(a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to take as A's devil or to whom to offer membership of a stable;\n(b) as to the terms on which A offers to take B as A's devil or offers B membership of a stable;\n(c) by not offering to take B as A's devil or not offering B membership of a stable.\n(5) An advocate (A) must not victimise a person (B) who is a devil or a member of a stable—\n(a) as to the terms on which B is a devil or a member of the stable;\n(b) in the way A affords B access, or by not affording B access, to opportunities for training or gaining experience or for receiving any other benefit, facility or service;\n(c) by terminating A's relationship with B (where B is a devil);\n(d) by subjecting B to pressure to leave the stable;\n(e) by subjecting B to any other detriment.\n(6) A person must not, in relation to instructing an advocate—\n(a) discriminate against the advocate by subjecting the advocate to a detriment;\n(b) harass the advocate;\n(c) victimise the advocate.\n(7) A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to an advocate.\n(8) This section (apart from subsection (6)) applies in relation to an advocate's clerk as it applies in relation to an advocate; and for that purpose the reference to an advocate's clerk includes a reference to a person who carries out the functions of an advocate's clerk.\n(9) “Advocate” means a practising member of the Faculty of Advocates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/48",
    "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."
  }
}