{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-employment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/419",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-employment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Steps contrary to the terms of the lease",
  "text": "For the purposes of section 6 of the Act it is not reasonable for an employer to have to take a step in relation to premises occupied by him which would otherwise be required in order to comply with a section 6 duty and which is contrary to the terms of any lease under which he occupies those premises if—\n(a) he has applied to the lessor in writing to take the step;\n(b) he has indicated in writing that he proposes to take the step, subject to that consent, in order to comply with a section 6 duty;\n(c) the lessor has withheld that consent; and\n(d) the occupier has informed the disabled person that he has applied for the consent of the lessor and that the lessor has withheld it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/419/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:33:46.133600+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."
}