What do I have to do to make my building conform to the Disability Discrimination Act?

Department: Environment Services
Division: Environment Services/Building Control

Since October 1999, the Disability Discrimination Act, requires that building owners remove any 'architectural barriers' that may prevent a disabled person from visiting, shopping or working within the building.  

By 2004 any building that does not have access facilities may be considered to be discriminatory.  However, since 1985 all buildings to which the public have had admission should have incorporated the facilities specified in the Part `M' of the Building Regulations, (access and facilities for disabled people,) and therefore will be exempt from access litigation.