# The Disability Discrimination (Educational Institutions) (Alteration of Leasehold Premises) Regulations 2005, Regulation 5: Lessor withholding consent reasonably


(1) This regulation prescribes particular circumstances in which a relevant lessor is to be taken, for the purposes of section 28W of, and Part 3 of Schedule 4 to, the Act to have acted reasonably in withholding his consent for alterations to premises.
(2) The circumstances so prescribed are where—
(a) (i) there is a binding obligation requiring the consent of any person to the alteration;
(ii) the relevant lessor has taken steps to seek that consent; and
(iii) that consent has not been given, or has been given subject to a condition making it reasonable for him to withhold his consent; or
(b) the relevant lessor does not know, and could not reasonably be expected to know, that the alteration is one which the occupier proposes to make in order to comply with a section 28T duty.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1070/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-educational-institutions-alteration-of-leasehold-premises-regulations-2005/regulation-5
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