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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Disability Discrimination Act 1995

1995 CHAPTER 50

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Disability

    1. 1. Meaning of “disability” and “disabled person”

    2. 2. Past disabilities

    3. 3. Guidance

  2. Part II

    Employment

    1. Discrimination by employers

      1. 4. Discrimination against applicants and employees

      2. 5. Meaning of “discrimination”

      3. 6. Duty of employer to make adjustments

      4. 7. Exemption for small businesses (E+W+S)

      5. 7. Exemption for small businesses (N.I.)

    2. Enforcement etc

      1. 8. Enforcement, remedies and procedure (E+W+S)

      2. 8. Enforcement, remedies and procedure (N.I.)

      3. 9. Validity of certain agreements (E+W+S)

      4. 9. Validity of certain agreements (N.I.)

      5. 10. Charities and support for particular groups of persons

      6. 11. Advertisements suggesting that employers will discriminate against disabled persons

    3. Discrimination by other persons

      1. 12. Discrimination against contract workers

      2. 13. Discrimination by trade organisations

      3. 14. Meaning of “discrimination” in relation to trade organisations

      4. 15. Appeal against refusal of exemption certificate

    4. Premises occupied under leases

      1. 16. Alterations to premises occupied under leases

    5. Occupational pension schemes and insurance services

      1. 17. Occupational pension schemes

      2. 18. Insurance services

  3. PART III

    Discrimination in Other Areas

    1. Goods, facilities and services

      1. 19. Discrimination in relation to goods, facilities and services

      2. 20. Meaning of “discrimination”

      3. 21. Duty of providers of services to make adjustments

    2. Premises

      1. 22. Discrimination in relation to premises

      2. 23. Exemption for small dwellings

      3. 24. Meaning of “discrimination”

    3. Enforcement, etc

      1. 25. Enforcement, remedies and procedure

      2. 26. Validity and revision of certain agreements

      3. 27. Alterations to premises occupied under leases

      4. 28. Conciliation of disputes (E+W+S)

      5. 28. Conciliation of disputes (N.I.)

  4. Part IV

    Education

    1. [F1Chapter 1

      SCHOOLS

      1. Duties of responsible bodies

        1. 28A. Discrimination against disabled pupils and prospective pupils

        2. 28B. Meaning of “discrimination”

        3. 28C. Disabled pupils not to be substantially disadvantaged

        4. 28D. Accessibility strategies and plans

        5. 28E. Accessibility strategies and plans: procedure

      2. Residual duty of education authorities

        1. 28F. Duty of education authorities not to discriminate

        2. 28G. Residual duty: supplementary provisions

      3. Enforcement: England and Wales

        1. 28H.Tribunals

        2. 28I. Jurisdiction and powers of the Tribunal

        3. 28J. Procedure

        4. 28K. Admissions

        5. 28L. Exclusions

        6. 28M. Roles of the Secretary of State and the National Assembly

      4. Enforcement: Scotland

        1. 28N. Civil proceedings

      5. Agreements relating to enforcement

        1. 28P. Validity and revision of agreements of responsible bodies

      6. Interpretation of Chapter 1

        1. 28Q. Interpretation

    2. Chapter 2

      FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

      1. Duties of responsible bodies

        1. 28R. Discrimination against disabled students and prospective students

        2. 28S. Meaning of “discrimination”

        3. 28T. Disabled students not to be substantially disadvantaged

      2. Other providers of further education or training facilities

        1. 28U. Further education etc. provided by local education authorities and schools

      3. Enforcement, etc

        1. 28V. Enforcement, remedies and procedure

        2. 28W. Occupation of premises by educational institutions

        3. 28X. Validity and revision of agreements

        4. 29.Education of disabled persons

      4. Duties of funding councils

        1. 30. Further and higher education of disabled persons. 1992 c.13

        2. 31. Further and higher education of disabled persons: Scotland. 1992 c. 37

      5. Interpretation of Chapter 2

        1. 31A. Interpretation

    3. Chapter 3

      SUPPLEMENTARY

      1. 31B. Conciliation for disputes

      2. 31C. Application to Isles of Scilly

  5. Part V

    Public Transport

    1. Taxis

      1. 32. Taxi accessibility regulations

      2. 33. Designated transport facilities

      3. 34. New licences conditional on compliance with taxi accessibility regulations

      4. 35. Exemption from taxi accessibility regulations

      5. 36. Carrying of passengers in wheelchairs

      6. 37. Carrying of guide dogs and hearing dogs

      7. 37A. Carrying of assistance dogs in private hire vehicles

      8. 38. Appeal against refusal of exemption certificate

      9. 39. Requirements as to disabled passengers in Scotland

    2. Public service vehicles

      1. 40.PSV accessibility regulations

      2. 41. Accessibility certificates

      3. 42. Approval certificates

      4. 43. Special authorisations

      5. 44. Reviews and appeals

      6. 45. Fees

    3. Rail vehicles

      1. 46. Rail vehicle accessibility regulations

      2. 47. Exemption from rail vehicle accessibility regulations

    4. Supplemental

      1. 48. Offences by bodies corporate etc

      2. 49. Forgery and false statements

  6. Part VI

    The National Disability Council

    1. 50.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 51. Codes of practice prepared by the Council (E+W+S)

    3. 51. Codes of practice prepared by the Council (N.I.)

    4. 52. Further provision about codes issued under section 51

  7. Part VII

    Supplemental

    1. 53A. Codes of practice

    2. 54A. Codes of practice

    3. 53. Codes of practice prepared by the Secretary of State (E+W+S)

    4. 53. Codes of practice prepared by the Secretary of State (N.I.)

    5. 54. Further provision about codes issued under section 53

    6. 55. Victimisation

    7. 56. Help for persons suffering discrimination (E+W+S)

    8. 56. Help for persons suffering discrimination (N.I.)

    9. 57. Aiding unlawful acts

    10. 58. Liability of employers and principals

    11. 59. Statutory authority and national security etc

  8. Part VIII

    Miscellaneous

    1. 60. Appointment by Secretary of State of advisers

    2. 61. Amendment of Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944

    3. 62.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 63. Restriction of publicity: Employment Appeal Tribunal

    5. 64. Application to Crown etc

    6. 65. Application to Parliament

    7. 66. Government appointments outside Part II

    8. 67. Regulations and orders

    9. 68. Interpretation (E+W+S)

    10. 68. Interpretation (N.I.)

    11. 69. Financial provisions

    12. 70. Short title, commencement, extent etc

  9. SCHEDULE 1

    Provisions Supplementing Section 1

  10. SCHEDULE 2

    Past Disabilities

  11. SCHEDULE 3

    Enforcement and Procedure

  12. SCHEDULE 4

    Premises Occupied Under Leases

  13. SCHEDULE 4A

    RESPONSIBLE BODIES FOR SCHOOLS

  14. SCHEDULE 4B

    RESPONSIBLE BODIES FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

  15. SCHEDULE 4C

    MODIFICATIONS OF CHAPTER 2 OF PART 4

  16. SCHEDULE 5

    The National Disability Council

  17. SCHEDULE 6

    Consequential Amendments

  18. SCHEDULE 7

    Repeals

  19. SCHEDULE 8

    Modifications of this Act in its application to Northern Ireland

An Act to make it unlawful to discriminate against disabled persons in connection with employment, the provision of goods, facilities and services or the disposal or management of premises; to make provision about the employment of disabled persons; and to establish a National Disability Council.

[8th November 1995]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act restricted (E.W.S.) (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 21, 46 (with s. 38)

Act restricted (8.8.1998) by S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16), art. 160(1)(b) (as substituted (8.8.1998) by S.I. 1998/1265 (N.I. 8), arts. 1(2), 15(3); S.R. 1998/274, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with savings and transitional provisions in art. 3))

Act: transfer of certain functions (N.I.) (1.12.1999) by S.R. 1999/481, art. 8(a), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Act (except ss. 8, 9(4)(d), 10(2)(b)): transfer of certain functions (N.I.)(1.12.1999) by S.R. 1999/481, art. 4(a), Sch. 2 Pt. I

Extent Information

E1Act extends to Northern Ireland subject to modifications: see s. 70(6), Sch. 8.

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