SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Minor and consequential amendments

Part 1Amendments of the 1995 Act

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Section 3 (guidance) is amended as follows.

2

Before subsection (1) there is inserted—

A1

The Secretary of State may issue guidance about matters to be taken into account in determining whether a person is a disabled person.

3

In subsection (1) (power to issue guidance about particular matters)—

a

at the beginning there is inserted “Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (A1),” and

b

after “may” there is inserted “, in particular,”.

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In subsection (2) (elaboration of the power under subsection (1)), for “The guidance” there is substituted “Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (A1), guidance about the matters mentioned in subsection (1)”.

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In subsection (3) (duty of adjudicating body to take guidance into account), for the words from “an impairment” to “activities” there is substituted “a person is a disabled person”.