# The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 25: . . . persons with power to confer qualifications


(1) It is unlawful for a person who has power to confer on another a qualification which is needed for, or facilitates, his engagement in employment in any capacity, or in a particular employment or occupation,. . . to discriminate against him—
(a) by refusing or deliberately omitting to confer that qualification on him on his application; or
(b) in the terms on which the person is prepared to confer it; or
(c) by withdrawing it from him or varying the terms on which he holds it.
(1A) It is unlawful for a person who has the power referred to in paragraph (1), in relation to a qualification conferred by him, to subject to harassment another who holds or applies for such a qualification.
(2) Paragraphs (1) and (1A) do not apply to discrimination or, as the case may be, harassment which is rendered unlawful by Article 27.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/3162/article/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-25
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