(1)It is unlawful for a controller of let premises to discriminate against a disabled person—
(a)who is a person to whom the premises are let; or
(b)who, although not a person to whom the premises are let, is lawfully under the letting an occupier of the premises.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), a controller of let premises discriminates against a disabled person if—
(a)he fails to comply with a duty under section 24C or 24D imposed on him by reference to the disabled person; and
(b)he cannot show that failure to comply with the duty is justified (see section 24K).
(3)For the purposes of this section and sections 24B to 24F, a person is a controller of let premises if he is—
(a)a person by whom the premises are let; or
(b)a person who manages the premises.
(4)For the purposes of this section and sections 24B to 24F—
(a)“let” includes sub-let; and
(b)premises shall be treated as let by a person to another where a person has granted another a contractual licence to occupy them.
(5)This section applies only in relation to premises in the United Kingdom.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 24A-24L inserted (E.W.S.) (30.6.2005 for ss. 24K and 24L for certain purposes only, otherwise 4.12.2006 for all provisions) by Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13), ss. 13, 20(3)-(6); S.I. 2005/1676, art. 2(2)(d); S.I. 2005/2774, art. 4(b)