PART IVRELIEFS AND EXEMPTIONS ETC.

Persons with a disability

“Disability”16.

(1)

Article 2 of the principal Order (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (2), for the definition of “disabled person” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““disability” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (2A);”.

(3)

After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(2A)

For the purposes of this Order a person has a disability if he—

(a)

is substantially and permanently disabled (whether by illness, injury, congenital deformity or otherwise); or

(b)

suffers from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 4).”.