# The Disability Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 1 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 provides that, subject to Schedule 1, a person has a disability if he has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
These Regulations (made under Schedule 1) have the effect of excluding from the scope of the definition:
(a) addictions (other than those medically caused) (regulation 3),
(b) certain personality disorders (regulation 4(1)) and
(c) hayfever and similar conditions (regulation 4(2)).
Regulation 5 excludes tattoos and piercings. These might otherwise amount to severe disfigurements falling within paragraph 3 of Schedule 1.
The effect of regulation 6 is that a child under six is treated as if he were six or over for the purposes of determining the effect of his disability.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1455/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-meaning-of-disability-regulations-1996/note
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