The Disability Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations 1996 / [Department of Social Security].

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1996
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Credit: The Disability Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations 1996 / [Department of Social Security]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATUTORYSUNSITRUMENTS 1996 No. 1455 DISABLED PERSONS The Disability Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations 1996 Made. os -riur oer) o- 4th June 1996 Laid before Parliament 6th June 1996 Coming into force 30th July 1996 In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by paragraphs 1(2), 2(4), 3(2) and (3), 4(2)(a) and 5(a) of Schedule 1 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995(a), the Secretary of State for Social Security hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 30th July 1996. Interpretation 2. In these Regulations— “the Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and “addiction” includes a dependency. Addictions 3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, addiction to alcohol, nicotine or any other substance is to be treated as not amounting to an impairment for the purposes of the Act. (2) Paragraph (1) above does not apply to addiction which was originally the result of administration of medically prescribed drugs or other medical treatment. Other conditions not to be treated as impairments 4.—(1) For the purposes of the Act the following conditions are to be treated as not amounting to impairments:— (a) a tendency to set fires, (b) a tendency to steal, (c) a tendency to physical or sexual abuse of hae persons, (d) exhibitionism, and (e) voyeurism. (2) Subject to paragraph (3) below for the purposes of the Act the condition known as seasonal allergic rhinitis shall be treated as not amounting to an impairment. (a) 1995 c.50. For the meaning of “prescribed” and of “regulations” see section 68. 336