{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-51.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Public offices: recommendations for appointments, etc.",
  "text": "(1) A person (A) who has the power to make a recommendation for or give approval to an appointment to a public office within section 50(2)(a) , (b) or (d), must not discriminate against a person (B)—\n(a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to recommend for appointment or to whose appointment to give approval;\n(b) by not recommending B for appointment to the office;\n(c) by making a negative recommendation of B for appointment to the office;\n(d) by not giving approval to the appointment of B to the office.\n(2) A person who has the power to make a recommendation for or give approval to an appointment to a public office within section 50(2)(a) , (b) or (d) must not, in relation to the office, harass a person seeking or being considered for the recommendation or approval.\n(3) A person (A) who has the power to make a recommendation for or give approval to an appointment to a public office within section 50(2)(a) , (b) or (d), must not victimise a person (B)—\n(a) in the arrangements A makes for deciding who to recommend for appointment or to whose appointment to give approval;\n(b) by not recommending B for appointment to the office;\n(c) by making a negative recommendation of B for appointment to the office;\n(d) by not giving approval to the appointment of B to the office.\n(4) A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to a person who has the power to make a recommendation for or give approval to an appointment to a public office within section 50(2)(a) , (b) or (d).\n(5) A reference in this section to a person who has the power to make a recommendation for or give approval to an appointment to a public office within section 50(2)(a) or (d) is a reference only to a relevant body which has that power; and for that purpose “relevant body” means a body established—\n(a) by or in pursuance of an enactment, or\n(b) by a member of the executive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 51(1)-(4) substituted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 51(2); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(e) (with savings in S.I. 2013/2192, regs. 48, 49)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 51(5) inserted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 51(3); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(e) (with savings in S.I. 2013/2192, regs. 48, 49)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:03:45.890819+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."
  }
}