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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-blind-and-partially-sighted-persons-regulations-2003/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/712",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Blind and Partially Sighted Persons) Regulations 2003",
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  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Persons deemed to have a disability",
  "text": "A person is deemed to have a disability, and hence to be a disabled person, for the purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 where—\n(a) he is certified as blind or partially sighted by a consultant ophthalmologist in accordance with the relevant guidance; or\n(b) he is a registered person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/712/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:28:45.840448+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."
}