19.—(1) It is unlawful for the Secretary of State to discriminate against any person by subjecting him to a detriment, or to subject a person to harassment, in the provision of facilities or services under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973(1) (arrangements for assisting persons to obtain employment).
(2) It is unlawful for Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise to discriminate against any person by subjecting him to a detriment, or to subject a person to harassment, in the provision of facilities or services under such arrangements as are mentioned in section 2(3) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990(2) (arrangements analogous to arrangements in pursuance of the said Act of 1973).
(3) This regulation does not apply in a case where—
(a)regulation 17 (providers of vocational training) applies, or would apply but for the operation of any other provision of these Regulations, or
(b)the Secretary of State is acting as an employment agency within the meaning of regulation 18.
1973 c. 50; section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19), and amended by the Employment Act 1989 (c. 38), Schedule 7, Part 1 and by section 47(1) of the Trade Union and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c. 19).