Section 58 — Equality Act 2010: Official business of members

Official business of members 58 1 A local authority must not discriminate against a member of the authority in relation to the member's carrying out of official business—

a in the way the authority affords the member access, or by not affording the member access, to opportunities for training or for receiving any other facility;

b by subjecting the member to any other detriment.

2 A local authority must not, in relation to a member's carrying out of official business, harass the member.

3 A local authority must not victimise a member of the authority in relation to the member's carrying out of official business—

a in the way the authority affords the member access, or by not affording the member access, to opportunities for training or for receiving any other facility;

b by subjecting the member to any other detriment.

4 A member of a local authority is not subjected to a detriment for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) or (3)(b) only because the member is—

a not appointed or elected to an office of the authority, b not appointed or elected to, or to an office of, a committee or sub-committee of the authority, or c not appointed or nominated in exercise of an appointment power of the authority.

5 In subsection (4)(c), an appointment power of a local authority is a power of the authority, or of a group of bodies including the authority, to make—

a appointments to a body;

b nominations for appointment to a body.

6 A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to a local authority.