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Discrimination by employment agencies prohibited.
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7.—(1) An employment agency shall not discriminate—
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(a) in the terms on which it offers to provide any of its services,
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(b) by refusing or omitting to provide any of its services,
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(c) in the manner in which it provides any of its services.
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(2) References in subsection (1) to a service of an employment agency include guidance on careers and any service related to employment.
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(3) Subsection (1) does not apply where the service concerns only employment which an employer could lawfully refuse to offer to the person concerned.
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(4) An employment agency shall not be under any liability under this section if it proves—
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(a) that it acted in reliance on a statement made to it by the employer concerned to the effect that, by reason of the operation of subsection (3), its action would not be unlawful, and
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(b) that it was reasonable for it to rely on the statement.
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(5) An employer who, with a view to obtaining the services of an employment agency, knowingly makes a statement such as is referred to in subsection (4) (a) and which in a material respect is false or misleading shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200.
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