On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:15:39 +0000, Alex Heney
wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:42:48 +0000, AlanG wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:42:43 +0000, Alex Heney
>>wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:32:22 -0000, "Steve Walker"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>tim (not at home) wrote:
>>>>> "Alang" wrote in message
>>>>> news:otmfu3lil8rknjn9humcj2f34sk5743o26@4ax.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this legal under current law on age discrimination?
>>>>>
>>>>> yes, because being able to buy alcohol is not a "job".
>>>>
>>>>So it would be legal for all the shopkeepers in a town to agree not to sell
>>>>widgets to black people?
>>>>
>>>
>>>No, because the laws on racial discrimination do not only apply to
>>>employment - and nor do those relating to . discrimination.
>>>
>>>The law on age discrimination does only apply to employment situations
>>>and similar.
>>
>>The HRA bans discrimination on age in some circumstances
>
>But the HRA only affects what governments and other public bodies do.
In this case the ban is being organised by the police. Quite possibly
with pressure being put on the traders to join in or face losing their
license
>
>IN order to make it affect what the shopkeepers do, it would require
>somebody to take the government to court arguing that they should have
>included that in the Age discrimination Act or other legislation.
I posted a link to a proposed bill that seems to have vanished
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