Physically+Disabled

=__European Legislation (Equal Status Act 2000):__=

1. “Disability” means –
**A.)**  The total or partial absence of a person’s bodily or mental functions, including the absence of a part of a person’s body  **B.)**   The presence in the body of organisms causing, or likely to cause, chronic disease or illness **C.)**  The malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of a person’s body  **D.)**   A condition of malfunction which results in a person learning differently from a person without the condition or malfunction, or  **E.)**   A condition, disease or illness which affects a person’s thought process, perception of reality, emotions or judgment or which results in disturbed behavior

2. “Service” means –
**A.)**  A service or facility of any nature which is available to the public generally or a section of the public, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, includes:   i.   Access to and the use of any place   ii.   Facilities for banking, insurance, grants, loans, credit or financing; entertainment, recreation or refreshment; cultural activities; transport or travel  **B.)**   A service or facility provided by a club (whether or not it is a club holding a certificate of registration under the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1999) which is available to the public generally or a section of the public, whether on payment or without payment, and **C.)**  A professional or trade service

3. “Discrimination” shall be taken to occur where –
**A.)**  On any of the grounds specified in //subsection (2)// (in this Act referred to as “the discriminatory grounds”) which exists at present or previously existed but no longer exists or may exist in the future, or which is imputed to the person concerned, a person is treated less favorably than another person is, has been or would be treated  **B.)**   As between two persons, the discriminatory grounds (and the descriptions of those grounds for the purpose of this Act) is  i.   that one is a person with a disability and the other either is not or is a person with a different disability (“the disability ground”)

4. Discrimination on ground of disability –
**A.)**  For the purposes of this Act discrimination includes a refusal or failure by the provider of a service to do all that is reasonable to accommodate the needs of a person with disability by providing special treatment or facilities, if without such special treatment or facilities it would be impossible or unduly difficult for the person to avail himself or herself of the service  **B.)**   A refusal or failure to provide the special treatment or facilities to which //subsection (1)// refers shall not be deemed reasonable unless such provision would give rise to a cost, other than a nominal cost, to the provider of the service in question **C.)**  A refusal or failure to provide the special treatment or facilities to which //subsection (1)// refers does not constitute discrimination if, by virtue of another provision of this Act, a refusal or failure to provide the service in question to that person would not constitute discrimination  **D.)**   Where a person has a disability that, in the circumstances, could cause harm to the person or to others, treating the person differently to the extent reasonably necessary to prevent such harm does not constitute discrimination == 5.   Without prejudice to the generality a discriminating club, any of the following acts, if done by a club or a person involved in its management on any of the discriminatory grounds, is evidence that the club is a discriminating club==

7. For the purpose of enabling the Director to exercise his or her functions under this part, the Director (A), (B) and the person shall comply with the requirement accordingly
**A.)**  May require a person who, in the opinion of the Director is in possession of, or has in his or her power in control, any information relevant to the exercise of those functions, to furnish that information to the Director, and  **B.) **  Where appropriate, may require such person to attend before the Director for that purpose.

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