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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-disability-regulations-2010/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-disability-regulations-2010/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2128",
  "legislation_title": "The Equality Act 2010 (Disability) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-disability-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Auxiliary aids or services",
  "text": "(1) The following are to be treated as auxiliary aids or services for the purposes of paragraphs 2 to 4 of Schedule 4 to the Act—\n(a) the removal, replacement or (subject to paragraph (2)) provision of any furniture, furnishings, materials, equipment and other chattels;\n(b) the replacement or provision of any signs or notices;\n(c) the replacement of any taps or door handles;\n(d) the replacement, provision or adaptation of any door bell, or any door entry system;\n(e) changes to the colour of any surface (such as, for example, a wall or door).\n(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not include the provision of any item which would be a fixture when installed.\n(3) It is reasonable to regard a request for a matter falling within paragraph (1) as a request for a controller of premises to take steps in order to provide an auxiliary aid or service.\n(4) In paragraph (3), the “controller of premises” means—\n(a) in relation to paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act, the controller of let premises;\n(b) in relation to paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Act, the controller of premises that are to let; and,\n(c) in relation to paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Act, the commonhold association.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2128/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:32:52.539395+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."
}