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The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
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Discrimination against disabled students and prospective students
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28.—(1) It is unlawful for the body responsible for an educational institution to discriminate against a disabled person—
(a)in the arrangements it makes for determining admissions to the institution;
(b)in the terms on which it offers to admit him to the institution; or
(c)by refusing or deliberately omitting to accept an application for his admission to the institution.
(2) It is unlawful for the body responsible for an educational institution to discriminate against a disabled student in the student services it provides, or offers to provide.
(3) It is unlawful for the body responsible for an educational institution to discriminate against a disabled student by suspending or expelling him from the institution.
(4) In the case of an act which constitutes discrimination by virtue of Article 43, this Article also applies to discrimination against a person who is not disabled.
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