Part 3Services and public functions
Supplementary
30Ships and hovercraft
1
This Part (subject to subsection (2)) applies only in such circumstances as are prescribed in relation to—
a
transporting people by ship or hovercraft;
b
a service provided on a ship or hovercraft.
2
Section 29(6) applies in relation to the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1); but in so far as it relates to disability discrimination, section 29(6) applies to those matters only in such circumstances as are prescribed.
3
It does not matter whether the ship or hovercraft is within or outside the United Kingdom.
4
“Ship” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
5
“Hovercraft” has the same meaning as in the Hovercraft Act 1968.
6
Nothing in this section affects the application of any other provision of this Act to conduct outside England and Wales or Scotland.
31Interpretation and exceptions
1
This section applies for the purposes of this Part.
2
A reference to the provision of a service includes a reference to the provision of goods or facilities.
3
A reference to the provision of a service includes a reference to the provision of a service in the exercise of a public function.
4
A public function is a function that is a function of a public nature for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998.
5
Where an employer arranges for another person to provide a service only to the employer’s employees—
a
the employer is not to be regarded as the service-provider, but
b
the employees are to be regarded as a section of the public.
6
A reference to a person requiring a service includes a reference to a person who is seeking to obtain or use the service.
7
A reference to a service-provider not providing a person with a service includes a reference to—
a
the service-provider not providing the person with a service of the quality that the service-provider usually provides to the public (or the section of it which includes the person), or
b
the service-provider not providing the person with the service in the manner in which, or on the terms on which, the service-provider usually provides the service to the public (or the section of it which includes the person).
8
In relation to the provision of a service by either House of Parliament, the service-provider is the Corporate Officer of the House concerned; and if the service involves access to, or use of, a place in the Palace of Westminster which members of the public are allowed to enter, both Corporate Officers are jointly the service-provider.
9
Schedule 2 (reasonable adjustments) has effect.
10
Schedule 3 (exceptions) has effect.