Hi all:
there has thus far been a lack of info on the contents of the DDA ammendment
bill which recently had its first reading in the House of Lords.
the following is taken wih thanks from
Disability Discrimination (Amendment) Bill [HL] (2002) Annotated
Konur, O. (2002) Disability Discrimination (Amendment) Bill [HL] (2002)
Annotated, HL Bill 40, 8 January 2002, First Reading, House of Lords,
version 1, 13 January 2002, 25,000 words, (London, City University).
[On-line]
http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/ddab40.htm
Part III (access to services, goods and facilities)
Subpart: Goods, Facilities, and services
Extension of the Sections 19, 20, and 21 to associations, transport
services, and public authorities
The rights and duties imposed by the Sections 19, 20, and 21 as regards to
access to services provided by the service providers are extended to the
membership services provided by the associations with or more than 25
members (DDA Sections 19, 20, 21-Clause 2, HL Bill 40, 8 January 2002); to
the transport services (DDA Sections 19, 20, 21- Clause 7, HL Bill 40, 8
January 2002); to the services provided by the public authorities (DDA
Sections 19, 20, 21- Clause 8,
HL Bill 40, 8 January 2002). These amendments affect disabled people with
access needs to associations, transport services and public authorities as
well
as these service providers.
Subpart: Premises
Reasonable adjustment duties for the leaseholders and rights of disabled
tenants to make alterations to premises The leaseholders would have
'reasonable adjustment' duties to make reasonable adjustments to their
'practice, policy, or procedure' (Clause 11, 'Reasonable adjustments to
premises'- Section 22, 'Discrimination in relation to premises'). The
failure to comply with such Section 22(A) duty would form a second component
of the discrimination tests (DDA Section 24, 'Meaning of 'discrimination''-
HL Bill 40, Clause 10, ' Meaning of discrimination in Section 22 of the 1995
Act). The disabled tenants would be able to make alterations to the
premises with the written consent of the leaseholders where the matter could
be referred to the county or sheriff courts (DDA, Section 23, 'Exemptions
for small dwellings'- HL Bill 40, Clause 12, 'Leasehold premises:
alterations').
Adrian Higginbotham.
SURFACE (Salford University, Research Focus on Accessible Environments).
tel: (44_-161-2954939,
fax (44)-161-2955011,
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textphone (44)-161-2953599.
web: http://www.scpm.salford.ac.uk/surface/
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