Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977 (Reprinted 1992)

[Sterilisation] Section 9. Conditions relating to sterility not to be attached to loans or employment

9. Conditions relating to sterility not to be attached to loans or employment—(1) It shall be unlawful for any person (in this subsection referred to as the lender), or any person acting or purporting to act on behalf of the lender,—

(a) To require any other person (in this subsection referred to as the borrower), or the borrower's spouse, as a condition of granting any loan, to undertake to become sterile; or

(b) To refuse to grant any loan to the borrower merely because the borrower or the borrower's spouse is not sterile.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person (in this subsection referred to as the employer), or any person acting or purporting to act on behalf of the employer,—

(a) To require any other person (in this subsection referred to as the employee), or the employee's spouse, to undertake to become sterile as a condition of granting employment of any kind, or any conditions of work, or fringe benefits, or opportunities for training or promotion or transfer; or

(b) To refuse to grant any such employment, conditions, benefits, or opportunities merely because the employee or the employee's spouse is not sterile.

(3) Every person who suffers any loss by reason of any act or omission rendered unlawful by subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section shall be entitled to recover damages from the person responsible for the act or omission.

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