Disabled Persons Act 1981

3 Duty to draw attention to provisions as to access-Planning

The following sections shall be inserted after section 29 of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971: —

“29A Duty to draw attention to certain provisions for benefit of disabled.

(1) When granting planning permission for any development which will result in the provision

(a) of a building or premises to which section 4 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 applies (buildings or premises to which the public are to be admitted whether on payment or otherwise) ;

(b) of any of the following, being in each case, premises in which persons are employed to work.—

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

(ii) premises which are deemed to be such premises for the purposes of that Act; or

(iii) factories as defined by section 175 of the Factories Act 1961,

the local planning authority shall draw the attention of the person to whom the permission is granted—

(i) to the relevant provisions of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970; and

(ii) to the Code of Practice for Access for the Disabled to Buildings.

(2) In subsection (1) of this section—

• "the relevant provisions of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970" means—

  (a)

  for the purposes of paragraph (a), sections 4 and 7 ;

  (b)

  for the purposes of paragraph (b), sections 7 and 8A ; and

• " the Code of Practice for Access for the Disabled to Buildings" means the British Standards Institution code of practice referred to as BS 5810: 1979.

(3) Section 28 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (power to define certain expressions for the purposes of provisions of that Act) shall have effect as if any reference in it to a provision of that Act included a reference to this section.

29B " Duty to draw attention to certain provisions for benefit of disabled-educational buildings.

(1) When granting planning permission for any development which will result in the provision of a building intended for the purposes—

(a) of a university, university college or college, or of a school or hall of a university ; or

(b) of a school within the meaning of the Education Act 1944, a teacher training college maintained by a local education authority in England or Wales or any other institution providing further education pursuant to a scheme under section 42 of that Act,

the local planning authority shall draw the attention of the person to whom the permission is granted—

(i) to sections 7 and 8 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and

(ii) to the Design Note.

(2) In subsection (1) of this section " the Design Note " means Design Note 18 " Access for the Physically Disabled to Educational Buildings", published on behalf of the Secretary of State.

(3) Section 28 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (power to define certain expressions for the purposes of provisions of that Act) shall have effect as if any reference in it to a provision of that Act included a reference to this section.”.