# The Equality Act 2010 (Disability) Regulations 2010, 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 a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the ability of that child to carry out normal day-to-day activities, the 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 that effect on the ability of a person aged 6 years or over to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2128/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-disability-regulations-2010/regulation-6
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.