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Paragraph 17 Manner in which the later years provision is organised

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

No child is refused later years provision or, whilst being cared for, is treated less favourably than another child by reason of—

(a)

the race, home language, family background or gender of the child,

(b)

the religion or belief of the child or the child’s parents, or

(c)

any disability (within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995f1) or learning difficulty (within the meaning of section 312(2) of the Education Act 1996f2) which the child may have.

(2)

In relation to a physical feature of the relevant premises which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled children to make use of the later years provision, the later years provider is treated as complying with this paragraph if the duty in section 21 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (duty of providers of services to make adjustments) has been complied with.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1995 c.50.

f2

1996 c.56. Section 312(2) was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 (c.44).