The Disability Discrimination (Service Providers and Public Authorities Carrying Out Functions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Physical features

9.  For the purposes of sections 21(2) and 21E(3) of the 1995 Act, the following are to be treated as physical features (whether permanent or temporary)—

(a) any feature arising from the design or construction of a building on the premises occupied by the provider of services or by the public authority carrying out its functions;

(b) any feature on the premises occupied by the provider of services or by the public authority carrying out its functions of any approach to, exit from or access to such a building;

(c) any fixtures, fittings, furnishings, furniture, equipment or materials in or on the premises occupied by the provider of services or by the public authority carrying out its functions;

(d) any fixtures, fittings, furnishings, furniture, equipment or materials brought by or on behalf of the provider of services or by or on behalf of the public authority carrying out its functions on to premises (other than the premises that they occupy)—

(i) in the course of providing services to the public or to a section of the public or in the course of carrying out its functions,

(ii) for the purpose of providing such services or carrying out such functions;

(e) any other physical element or quality of any land comprised in the premises occupied by the provider of services or public authority carrying out its functions.