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The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) (informally, and hereafter, the DDA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which has now been repealed and replaced by the Equality Act 2010, except in Northern Ireland where the Act still applies.
In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a number of countries have passed laws aimed at reducing discrimination against people with disabilities.These laws have begun to appear as the notion of civil rights has become more influential globally, and follow other forms of anti-discrimination and equal opportunity legislation aimed at preventing racial discrimination and sexism which began to ...
Recent changes; Upload file; Search. ... Discrimination: Jones v Post Office [2001] IRLR 384 is a UK labour law case, under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
In Northern Ireland, the same is true but the legislation is named the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. There is a large anomaly in the law though. When taxis and cabs fail or refuse to carry ...
An Act to amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and to require an autism strategy to be prepared. Citation: 2011 c. 27: Introduced by: Dominic Bradley: Territorial extent Northern Ireland: Dates; Royal assent: 9 May 2011: Commencement: 9 August 2011: Other legislation; Amended by: Autism (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Since Directive 2000/78/EC, there has been an amendment to the Disability Discrimination Act so that a distinction between direct and indirect discrimination was introduced, and the language of the Act clarified. The entire Act has subsequently been replaced by the Equality Act 2010.
The Act applied the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 to housing, police, local authorities. [2]The Act puts a positive "Disability Equality Duty" in place. [3] This legal duty requires public sector organisations (which include schools and colleges, NHS trusts, libraries, police forces, central and local government) to promote equality positively and proactively by involving people with ...
Rights Now, sometimes written with an exclamation mark, was a British umbrella group of disabled people's organisations and charities which campaigned for a change in the law to prevent discrimination against disabled people and for a full civil rights law, even though the result was the flawed Disability Discrimination Act 1995.