Minor and Consequential Amendments Part 1 .Amendments to the DDA 1995 Paragraph 3
188.Paragraph 3(2) inserts a new subsection (A1) into section 3 of the DDA. Section 3 of the DDA, as currently drafted, enables the Secretary of State to issue guidance on two aspects of the definition of disability: whether an impairment is to be considered as having a substantial adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities; and whether an impairment is to be considered as having a long-term effect. New section 3(A1) enables the Secretary of State to issue guidance on all aspects of the definition of disability. For the purposes of new paragraph 6A of Schedule 1, this would enable guidance to be issued, for example, on when a person is to be considered as having HIV infection, cancer or MS or on what constitutes substantial treatment.