The Disability Discrimination (Employment) Regulations 1996 / [Department for Education and Employment].

  • United Kingdom
Date:
1996
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Credit: The Disability Discrimination (Employment) Regulations 1996 / [Department for Education and Employment]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1337 1996 No. 1456 DISABLED PERSONS The Disability Discrimination (Employment) Regulations 1996 Made - - - - 6th June 1996 Laid before Parliament 6th June 1996 Coming into force 2nd December 1996 In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 5(6) and (7), 6(8)(a), Discrimination Act 1995(a) the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:— Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Employment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd December 1996. Interpretation 2. In these Regulations— “the Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; “binding obligation” means a legally binding obligation (not contained in a lease) in relation to the premises whether arising from an agreement or otherwise; “building” means an erection or structure of any kind; “building regulations” has the meaning given by section 122 of the Building Act 1984(b); “lease” has the meaning assigned by section 16(3) of the Act; “pay” means remuneration of any kind including any benefit; “performance” includes performance as assessed by reference to any measure, whether relative or absolute, of output, efficiency or effectiveness in an employment; “section 6 duty” means any duty imposed by or under section 6 of the Act; “Technical Standards” means the technical standards for compliance with the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990(c) issued by the Scottish Office in 1990 and as amended by the substitute pages issued by the Scottish Office in and dated July 1993 and July 1994(d). Pay 3.—(1) For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, treatment is to be taken to be justified if it results from applying to the disabled person a term or practice— (a) 1995 c.50. For the meaning, of “prescribed” and of “regulations” see section 68. Paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 is modified {where premises are occupied under a sublease or subtenancy) by S.I. 1996/1333. (b) 1984 c.55. (e}S1 1990/2179: (d) These amendments to the Technical Standards were given effect to by S.I. 1993/1457 and S.I. 1994/1266.