3(1)An impairment which consists of a severe disfigurement is to be treated as having a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the person concerned to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
(2)Regulations may provide that in prescribed circumstances a severe disfigurement is not to be treated as having that effect.
(3)Regulations under sub-paragraph (2) may, in particular, make provision with respect to deliberately acquired disfigurements.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 3 wholly in force at 30.5.1996; Sch. 1 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 70(3); Sch. 1 para. 3 in force (E.W.S.) at 17.5.1996 by S.I. 1996/1336, art. 3(m); Sch. 1 para. 3 in force (N.I.) at 30.5.1996 by S.R. 1996/219, art. 3(1)