# The Disability Discrimination (Description of Insurance Services) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
Section 18 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (which applies in Northern Ireland by virtue of section 70(6) and Schedule 8 thereof) applies where an insurer enters into arrangements with an employer under which the employer’s employees or a class of his employees receive or are given an opportunity to receive insurance services of a prescribed description provided by the insurer. It makes disability related discrimination by an insurer against an employee unlawful. These Regulations prescribe Group Insurance as defined in regulation 2 as an insurance service for the purpose of the section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/440/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-description-of-insurance-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/note
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