The Disability Discrimination (Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Auxiliary aids or services

5.—(1) The following are to be treated as auxiliary aids or services for the purposes of sections 24C and 24J(1) and (2) of the 1995 Act—

(a) the removal, replacement or (subject to paragraph (2)) provision of any furniture, furnishings, materials, equipment or other chattels;

(b) the replacement or provision of any signs or notices;

(c) the replacement of any taps or door handles;

(d) the replacement, provision or adaptation of any door bell, or door entry system;

(e) changes to the colour of any surface (such as, for example, a wall or door).

(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not include the provision of any item which would be a fixture when installed.

(3) It is reasonable to regard a request for a matter falling within paragraph (1) as a request for the controller of premises to take steps in order to provide an auxiliary aid or service.

(4) In paragraph (3), the “controller of premises” means, in relation to section 24C of the 1995 Act, the controller of let premises and, in relation to section 24J(1) and (2) of that Act, the controller of premises that are to let.