# The Disability Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations 1996, Regulation 6: Babies and Young Children


For the purposes of the Act where a child under six years of age has an impairment which does not have an effect falling within paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act that impairment is to be taken to have a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the ability of that child to carry out normal day-to-day activities where it would normally have a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the ability of a person aged 6 years or over to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1455/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-meaning-of-disability-regulations-1996/regulation-6
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