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196.This inserts new section 18E into the DDA (premises provided otherwise than in course of a Part 2 relationship). The new section is intended to clarify the boundaries between Part 2 of the DDA (the employment field and members of locally-electable authorities) and Part 3 (discrimination in other areas) with respect to the provision of premises for persons such as employees. The general effect is that, where accommodation is provided in the course of a person’s employment (for example live-in accommodation), any related discrimination or harassment will be governed by Part 2 of the DDA. But where the accommodation is provided on a separate basis, unconnected with a person’s employment (for example, where a council employee is a tenant of the same local authority) then section 18E will ensure that Part 2 does not apply. New section 18E needs to be read with new section 24M (premises provisions not to operate where other provisions apply), discussed below.
