SCHEDULES
E1C1SCHEDULE 1 Provisions Supplementing Section 1
S. 1, Sch. 1 applied (N.I.) (6.4.2005) by The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order (S.I. 2005/1117 (N.I. 6)), {art. 2(3)}
Long-term effects
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1
The effect of an impairment is a long-term effect if—
a
it has lasted at least 12 months;
b
the period for which it lasts is likely to be at least 12 months; or
c
it is likely to last for the rest of the life of the person affected.
2
Where an impairment ceases to have a substantial adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, it is to be treated as continuing to have that effect if that effect is likely to recur.
3
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), the likelihood of an effect recurring shall be disregarded in prescribed circumstances.
4
Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which, for the purposes of this Act—
a
an effect which would not otherwise be a long-term effect is to be treated as such an effect; or
b
an effect which would otherwise be a long-term effect is to be treated as not being such an effect.
In its application to Northern Ireland, this Schedule has effect subject to the modifications set out in Sch. 8; see s. 70(6)