SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15Associations: reasonable adjustments
Preliminary
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This Schedule applies where a duty to make reasonable adjustments is imposed on an association (A) by this Part.
The duty
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1
A must comply with the first, second and third requirements.
2
For the purposes of this paragraph, the reference in section 20(3), (4) or (5) to a disabled person is a reference to disabled persons who—
a
are, or are seeking to become or might wish to become, members,
b
are associates, or
c
are, or are likely to become, guests.
3
Section 20 has effect as if, in subsection (4), for “to avoid the disadvantage” there were substituted—
a
to avoid the disadvantage, or
b
to adopt a reasonable alternative method of affording access to the benefit, facility or service or of admitting persons to membership or inviting persons as guests.
4
In relation to the first and third requirements, the relevant matters are—
a
access to a benefit, facility or service;
b
members' or associates' retaining their rights as such or avoiding having them varied;
c
being admitted to membership or invited as a guest.
5
In relation to the second requirement, the relevant matters are—
a
access to a benefit, facility or service;
b
being admitted to membership or invited as a guest.
6
In relation to the second requirement, a physical feature includes a physical feature brought by or on behalf of A, in the course of or for the purpose of providing a benefit, facility or service, on to premises other than those that A occupies (as well as including a physical feature in or on premises that A occupies).
7
Nothing in this paragraph requires A to take a step which would fundamentally alter—
a
the nature of the benefit, facility or service concerned, or
b
the nature of the association.
8
Nor does anything in this paragraph require a member or associate in whose house meetings of the association take place to make adjustments to a physical feature of the house.