SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Services and public functions: exceptions

Part 7F1 Separate, single and concessionary services, etc

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 3 Pt. 7 heading substituted (1.10.2012) by virtue of The Equality Act 2010 (Age Exceptions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2466), art. 4

Services generally provided only for persons who share a protected characteristic

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If a service is generally provided only for persons who share a protected characteristic, a person (A) who normally provides the service for persons who share that characteristic does not contravene section 29(1) or (2)—

a

by insisting on providing the service in the way A normally provides it, or

b

if A reasonably thinks it is impracticable to provide the service to persons who do not share that characteristic, by refusing to provide the service.