Disability Discrimination Act 1995

Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which has now been repealed and replaced by the Equality Act 2010 ([1]), except in Northern Ireland where the Act still applies. Formerly, it made it unlawful to discriminate against people in respect of their disabilities in relation to employment, the provision of goods and services, education and transport.

Disability Discrimination Act 1995
Long title...
Citation1995 c 50
Territorial extentEngland and Wales; Scotland
Dates
Royal assent1995
Repealed1st October 2010 (England and Wales; Scotland).
Other legislation
Repealed byEquality Act 2010
Status: Unknown
Text of statute as originally enacted