http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/37Equality Act 2010An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; to amend the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-07Expert Participation2026-04-07 Equality Act 2010s. 40(1A)-(1C)Employment Rights Act 2025s. 21s. 159(3)Equality Act 2010s. 40BEmployment Rights Act 2025s. 22(2)s. 159(3)Equality Act 2010s. 208(5)(aa)Employment Rights Act 2025s. 22(3)s. 159(3)Equality Act 2010s. 78(3A)(3B)Employment Rights Act 2025s. 34(2)s. 159(3)Equality Act 2010s. 153(1A)(1B)Employment Rights Act 2025s. 34(3)s. 159(3)Equality Act 2010s. 154(3A)(3B)Employment Rights Act 2025s. 34(4)s. 159(3) Part 4 371The Scottish Ministers may by regulations provide that a disabled person is entitled to make relevant adjustments to common parts in relation to premises in Scotland.2The reference in subsection (1) to a disabled person is a reference to a disabled person who—ais a tenant of the premises,bis an owner of the premises, orcis otherwise entitled to occupy the premises,and uses or intends to use the premises as the person's only or main home.3Before making regulations under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must consult a Minister of the Crown.4Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—aprescribe things which are, or which are not, to be treated as relevant adjustments;bprescribe circumstances in which the consent of an owner of the common parts is required before a disabled person may make an adjustment;cprovide that the consent to adjustments is not to be withheld unreasonably;dprescribe matters to be taken into account, or to be disregarded, in deciding whether it is reasonable to consent to adjustments;eprescribe circumstances in which consent to adjustments is to be taken to be withheld;fmake provision about the imposition of conditions on consent to adjustments;gmake provision as to circumstances in which the sheriff may make an order authorising a disabled person to carry out adjustments;hmake provision about the responsibility for costs arising (directly or indirectly) from an adjustment;imake provision about the reinstatement of the common parts to the condition they were in before an adjustment was made;jmake provision about the giving of notice to the owners of the common parts and other persons;kmake provision about agreements between a disabled person and an owner of the common parts;lmake provision about the registration of information in the Land Register of Scotland or the recording of documents in the Register of Sasines relating to an entitlement of a disabled person or an obligation on an owner of the common parts;mmake provision about the effect of such registration or recording;nmake provision about who is to be treated as being, or as not being, a person entitled to occupy premises otherwise than as tenant or owner.5In this section—“common parts” means, in relation to premises, the structure and exterior of, and any common facilities within or used in connection with, the building or part of a building which includes the premises but only in so far as the structure, exterior and common facilities are not solely owned by the owner of the premises;“relevant adjustments” means, in relation to a disabled person, alterations or additions which are likely to avoid a substantial disadvantage to which the disabled person is put in using the common parts in comparison with persons who are not disabled.