Part 2Equality: key concepts
Chapter 2Prohibited conduct
Discrimination
15Discrimination arising from disability
1
A person (A) discriminates against a disabled person (B) if—
a
A treats B unfavourably because of something arising in consequence of B's disability, and
b
A cannot show that the treatment is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
2
Subsection (1) does not apply if A shows that A did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that B had the disability.