# Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) An impairment which consists of a severe disfigurement is to be treated as having a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the person concerned to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
(2) Regulations may provide that in prescribed circumstances a severe disfigurement is not to be treated as having that effect.
(3) Regulations under sub-paragraph (2) may, in particular, make provision with respect to deliberately acquired disfigurements.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/50/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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