# The Equality Act 2010 (Disability) Regulations 2010, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations —
“the Act” means the Equality Act 2010;
“addiction” includes a dependency;
“building” means an erection or structure of any kind;
“consultant ophthalmologist” means a consultant or honorary consultant appointed in the medical speciality of ophthalmology, who is employed for the purposes of providing any service as part of the health service continued under section 1(1) and (2) of the National Health Service Act 2006 , section 1(1) and (2) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 , section 1(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or section 2(1)(a) of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 ;
“a second requirement duty” means a duty to comply with the second requirement contained in any of the following provisions of the Act—
(a)paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;
(b)paragraph 2 of Schedule 8;
(c)paragraph 3 of Schedule 13;
(d)paragraph 2 of Schedule 15.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2128/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-disability-regulations-2010/regulation-2
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