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The Disability Discrimination (Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

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Steps contrary to the terms of the lease

15.  For the purposes of section 6 of the Act it is not reasonable for an employer to have to take a step in relation to premises occupied by him which would otherwise be required in order to comply with a section 6 duty and which is contrary to the terms of any lease under which he occupies those premises if—

(a)he has applied to the lessor in writing to take the step;

(b)he has indicated in writing that he proposes to take the step, subject to that consent, in order to comply with a section 6 duty;

(c)the lessor has withheld that consent; and

(d)the occupier has informed the disabled person that he has applied for the consent of the lessor and that the lessor has withheld it.

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