Sue
Regulation 5 of the Disability Discrimination
(Premises) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/887)
requires the following to be treated as auxiliary aids or services;
• The removal / replacement of any furniture, furnishings, materials or
equipment; (so long as they would not be fixtures when installed).
• The replacement or provision of any signs or notices.
• The replacement of any taps or door handles.
• The replacement, provision or adaptation of any door bell or door entry
system.
• Changes to the colour of any surface.
Hope this helps !
Hilary Tansley
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From: "Sue Fox" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:50 PM
Subject: Door entry systems and the DDA
Residential flats with a common front door / hallway area but with common
front dorr entry system opeertaed by each resident from their flat.
I think this is correct: Entry system to resident , already in place for
some and provided by housing provider - housing provider to provide
accessible systems for those requiring them.
Any ideas on this one though?
Entry system to resident, not already in place - should housing provider
provide accessible systems?
Just to confuse you even more:
DDA Code of practice is not helpful:
2.20 Complex issues arise in the case of premises with more than one
occupier, where there are common areas such as entrance halls, stairways
and lifts. The Act does not expressly state whether or not the landlord
(including any operator of the common parts) in such a case is a service
provider for the purposes of the Act in respect of those common areas.
Therefore, it does not make it explicit whether the landlord is under a
duty to make reasonable adjustments to the common parts to make them
accessible to disabled people.
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