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(1)In Part 4 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”), before section 29, insert the following section—
(1)It is unlawful for the body responsible for a school to discriminate against a disabled person—
(a)in the arrangements it makes for determining admission to the school as a pupil;
(b)in the terms on which it offers to admit him to the school as a pupil; or
(c)by refusing or deliberately omitting to accept an application for his admission to the school as a pupil.
(2)It is unlawful for the body responsible for a school to discriminate against a disabled pupil in the education or associated services provided for, or offered to, pupils at the school by that body.
(3)The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe services which are, or services which are not, to be regarded for the purposes of subsection (2) as being—
(a)education; or
(b)an associated service.
(4)It is unlawful for the body responsible for a school to discriminate against a disabled pupil by excluding him from the school, whether permanently or temporarily.
(5)The body responsible for a school is to be determined in accordance with Schedule 4A, and in the remaining provisions of this Chapter is referred to as the “responsible body”.
(6)In the case of an act which constitutes discrimination by virtue of section 55, this section also applies to discrimination against a person who is not disabled.”
(2)In the 1995 Act, insert the Schedule set out in Schedule 2.
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