7(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies to any person whose name is, both on 12th January 1995 and on the date when this paragraph comes into force, in the register of disabled persons maintained under section 6 of the [1944 c. 10.] Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.
(2)That person is to be deemed—
(a)during the initial period, to have a disability, and hence to be a disabled person; and
(b)afterwards, to have had a disability and hence to have been a disabled person during that period.
(3)A certificate of registration shall be conclusive evidence, in relation to the person with respect to whom it was issued, of the matters certified.
(4)Unless the contrary is shown, any document purporting to be a certificate of registration shall be taken to be such a certificate and to have been validly issued.
(5)Regulations may provide for prescribed descriptions of person to be deemed to have disabilities, and hence to be disabled persons, for the purposes of this Act.
(6)Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person who has been deemed to be a disabled person by the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) or regulations made under sub-paragraph (5) is to be treated as no longer being deemed to be such a person.
(7)In this paragraph—
“certificate of registration” means a certificate issued under regulations made under section 6 of the Act of 1944; and
“initial period” means the period of three years beginning with the date on which this paragraph comes into force.