Section 21A Employment servicesF1E1

vocational guidance;

vocational training; or

services to assist a person to obtain or retain employment, or to establish himself as self-employed.

to whom he is providing such services, or

who has requested him to provide such services;

after subsection (1)(a), there were inserted the following paragraph—

“(aa)

in failing to comply with a duty imposed on him by subsection (1) of section 21 in circumstances in which the effect of that failure is to place the disabled person at a substantial disadvantage in comparison with persons who are not disabled in relation to the provision of the service;”;

in subsection (1)(b), for “section 21” there were substituted “ subsection (2) or (4) of section 21 ”;

in subsection (2), for “sections 20 to 21ZA” there were substituted sections 20 to 21A.

after subsection (1), there were inserted the following subsection—

“(1A)

For the purposes of section 19, a provider of services also discriminates against a disabled person if he fails to comply with a duty imposed on him by subsection (1) of section 21 in relation to the disabled person.”;

in subsection (2)(a), for “a section 21 duty imposed” there were substituted “ a duty imposed by subsection (2) or (4) of section 21 ”;

after subsection (3), there were inserted the following subsection—

“(3A)

But treatment of a disabled person cannot be justified under subsection (3) if it amounts to direct discrimination falling within section 3A(5).”.

in subsection (1), for “makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled persons to make use of” there were substituted places disabled persons at a substantial disadvantage in comparison with persons who are not disabled in relation to the provision of;

after subsection (1), there were inserted the following subsection—

“(1A)

In subsection (1), “practice, policy or procedure” includes a provision or criterion.”.