s 21F Discrimination by private clubs etc.
1 This section applies to any association of persons (however described, whether corporate or unincorporate, and whether or not its activities are carried on for profit) if— (a) it has twenty-five or more members; (b) admission to membership is regulated by its constitution and is so conducted that the members do not constitute a section of the public within the meaning of section 19(2); and (c) it is not an organisation to which section 13 applies. (2) It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies, in the case of a disabled person who is not a member of the association, to discriminate against him— (a) in the terms on which it is prepared to admit him to membership; or (b) by refusing or deliberately omitting to accept his application for membership. (3) It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies, in the case of a disabled person who is a member, or associate, of the association, to discriminate against him— (a) in the way it affords him access to a benefit, facility or service; (b) by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to a benefit, facility or service; (c) in the case of a member— (i) by depriving him of membership, or (ii) by varying the terms on which he is a member; (d) in the case of an associate— (i) by depriving him of his rights as an associate, or (ii) by varying those rights; or (e) in either case, by subjecting him to any other detriment. (4) It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies to discriminate against a disabled person— (a) in the way it affords him access to a benefit, facility or service, (b) by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him access to a benefit, facility or service, or (c) by subjecting him to any other detriment, in his capacity as a guest of the association. (5) It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies to discriminate against a disabled person— (a) in the terms on which it is prepared to invite him, or permit a member or associate to invite him, to be a guest of the association; (b) by refusing or deliberately omitting to invite him to be a guest of the association; or (c) by not permitting a member or associate to invite him to be a guest of the association. (6) It is unlawful for an association to which this section applies to discriminate against a disabled person in failing in prescribed circumstances to comply with a duty imposed on it under section 21H. (7) In the case of an act which constitutes discrimination by virtue of section 55, this section also applies to discrimination against a person who is not disabled.