Section 1 British Sign LanguageI1

England and Wales

(1)

References in this Act to “BSL” are to—

(a)

the visual form of British Sign Language, and

(b)

the tactile form of British Sign Language used and understood by some deafblind people.

(2)

But the references to BSL in sections 3(4)(b), 4(3)(b), 5(8), 7(2), 8(3)(c), and paragraph 1 of the Schedule, are to the visual form only.

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