60 Enquiries about disability and health
Equality Act 2010 (2010 c 15) | Legislation

Recruitment [etc]

60  Enquiries about disability and health

(1)     A person (A) to whom an application for work is made must not ask about the health of the applicant (B)—

(a)     before offering work to B, or

(b)     where A is not in a position to offer work to B, before including B in a pool of applicants from whom A intends (when in a position to do so) to select a person to whom to offer work.

(2)     A contravention of subsection (1) (or a contravention of section 111 or 112 that relates to a contravention of subsection (1)) is enforceable as an unlawful act under Part 1 of the Equality Act 2006 (and, by virtue of section 120(8), is enforceable only by the Commission under that Part).

(3)     A does not contravene a relevant disability provision merely by asking about B's health; but A's conduct in reliance on information given in response may be a contravention of a relevant disability provision.

(4)     Subsection (5) applies if B brings proceedings before an employment tribunal on a complaint

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