{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/50",
  "legislation_title": "Disability Discrimination Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a person has a progressive condition (such as cancer, multiple sclerosis or muscular dystrophy or HIV infection),\n(b) as a result of that condition, he has an impairment which has (or had) an effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, but\n(c) that effect is not (or was not) a substantial adverse effect,\nhe shall be taken to have an impairment which has such a substantial adverse effect if the condition is likely to result in his having such an impairment.\n(2) Regulations may make provision, for the purposes of this paragraph—\n(a) for conditions of a prescribed description to be treated as being progressive;\n(b) for conditions of a prescribed description to be treated as not being progressive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (E.W.S.) (1.10.2010 (except for the repeal of ss. 49A-49D) and 5.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), 216(3), Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as substituted (1.10.2010) by S.I. 2010/2279, Sch. 2) (with ss. 6(4), 205, and with amendments and savings in the said S.I. 2010/2279, art. 16); S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2(15)(f) (with arts. 4-25, Schs. 1-16); S.I. 2011/1066, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1)(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (5.12.2005) by Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13), ss. 19(1), 20(3)-(6), Sch. 1 para. 36; S.I. 2005/2774, art. 3(j) and said words substituted (N.I.) (31.10.2007) by The Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order (S.I. 2006/312 (N.I. 1 )), arts. 1, 19(1), {Sch. 1 para. 27}; S.R. 2007/430, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 8 wholly in force at 30.5.1996; Sch. 1 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 70(3); Sch. 1 para. 8 in force (E.W.S.) at 17.5.1996 by S.I. 1996/1336, art. 3(m); Sch. 1 para. 8 in force (N.I.) at 30.5.1996 by S.R. 1996/219, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "Following the repeal of this Act for E.W.S. by the Equality Act 2010, this provision now extends to N.I. only."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/50/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:35.644928+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}