SCHEDULES
E2C1SCHEDULE 1 Provisions Supplementing Section 1
S. 1, Sch. 1 applied (N.I.) (6.4.2005) by The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order (S.I. 2005/1117 (N.I. 6)), {art. 2(3)}
Effect of medical treatment
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An impairment which would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the person concerned to carry out normal day-to-day activities, but for the fact that measures are being taken to treat or correct it, is to be treated as having that effect.
2
In sub-paragraph (1) “measures” includes, in particular, medical treatment and the use of a prosthesis or other aid.
3
Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply—
a
in relation to the impairment of a person’s sight, to the extent that the impairment is, in his case, correctable by spectacles or contact lenses or in such other ways as may be prescribed; or
b
in relation to such other impairments as may be prescribed, in such circumstances as may be prescribed.
In its application to Northern Ireland, this Schedule has effect subject to the modifications set out in Sch. 8; see s. 70(6)