# The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 23: Vocational organisations


(1) It is unlawful for a vocational organisation to discriminate against a person—
(a) who is not a member of the organisation—
(i) in the terms on which it is prepared to admit him to membership of the organisation; or
(ii) by refusing to accept, or deliberately not accepting, his application for membership; or
(b) who is a member of the organisation—
(i) in the way it affords him access to any benefits or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to them; or
(ii) by depriving him of membership, or varying the terms on which he is a member; or
(iii) by subjecting him to any other detriment.
(2) It is unlawful for a vocational organisation, in relation to a person's membership or application for membership of that organisation, to subject that person to harassment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/3162/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-23
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