(1)This section applies for the purposes of this Part.
(2)A reference to the provision of a service includes a reference to the provision of goods or facilities.
(3)A reference to the provision of a service includes a reference to the provision of a service in the exercise of a public function.
(4)A public function is a function that is a function of a public nature for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998.
(5)Where an employer arranges for another person to provide a service only to the employer's employees—
(a)the employer is not to be regarded as the service-provider, but
(b)the employees are to be regarded as a section of the public.
(6)A reference to a person requiring a service includes a reference to a person who is seeking to obtain or use the service.
(7)A reference to a service-provider not providing a person with a service includes a reference to—
(a)the service-provider not providing the person with a service of the quality that the service-provider usually provides to the public (or the section of it which includes the person), or
(b)the service-provider not providing the person with the service in the manner in which, or on the terms on which, the service-provider usually provides the service to the public (or the section of it which includes the person).
(8)In relation to the provision of a service by either House of Parliament, the service-provider is the Corporate Officer of the House concerned; and if the service involves access to, or use of, a place in the Palace of Westminster which members of the public are allowed to enter, both Corporate Officers are jointly the service-provider.
(9)Schedule 2 (reasonable adjustments) has effect.
(10)Schedule 3 (exceptions) has effect.
Commencement Information
I1S. 31 wholly in force at 1.10.2012; s. 31 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 216; s. 31 in force for certain purposes at 1.10.2010 by S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2(3); s. 31(9) in force so far as not already in force at 1.9.2012 by S.I. 2012/2184, art. 2(a); s. 31(1)-(8)(10) in force so far as not already in force at 1.10.2012 by S.I. 2012/1569, art. 3(a)