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Chronically Sick And Disabled Persons (Amendment) Act 1976

1976 CHAPTER 49

An Act to amend the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970; and to provide access and parking facilities for disabled persons at newly provided places of employment in order to improve employment opportunities for disabled persons.

[26th October 1976]

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

1 Amendment of Chronically Sick an d Disabled Persons Act 1970. E+W+S+N.I.

In section 4(2) of the M1 Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, after the words “of section 8” there shall inserted the words “or in subsection (2) of section 8A”.

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of ss. 1 and 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1970 c. 44.

2 Access to, and facilities at, offices and other premises. E+W+S+N.I.

After section 8 of the said Act there shall be inserted the following section:

“8A Access to, and facilities at, offices and other premises.

(1) Any persons undertaking the provision of premises mentioned in subsection (2) below shall in the means of access both to and within the premises, and in the parking facilities and sanitary conveniences to be available (if any), make provision, in so far as it is in the circumstances both practicable and reasonable, for the needs of persons using the premises who are disabled.

(2) Premises to which this section applies are:—

(a) office premises, shop premises and railway premises to which the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 applies;

(b) premises which are deemed to be such premises for the purposes of that Act, and

(c) factories are defined by section 175 of the Factories Act 1961,

being (in each case) premises in which persons are employed to work.”

Annotations:

Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 The text of ss. 1 and 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

3 Short title. E+W+S+N.I.

This Act may be cited as the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Amendment) Act 1976.