Equality Act 2010

Disability discrimination in the Equality Act 2010

The Equality Act 2010 received Royal Assent on 8 April and implementation of the majority of the Act will begin on 1 October 2010.

The Act will deliver improved protection from discrimination for disabled people as part of strengthened and streamlined discrimination law. Amongst the new areas of protection for disabled people are:

protection from discrimination that occurs because of something connected to a person's disability ("discrimination arising from disability")
protection from discrimination that happens because of a person's association with a disabled person, or because a person is wrongly perceived to be disabled
protection from disability-related harassment in respect of access to goods and services and in larger private clubs.

For more information on the Equality Act visit the Government Equalities Office website.

Page last reviewed: 07 July 2010