People who were registered as disabled - Green Card holders

The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) replaced the quota scheme, the designated employment scheme, and registration as a disabled person under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.

Now you don't register as disabled in order to get rights under the DDA; you just look at whether you meet the DDA definition of 'disability'.

There are some transitional provisions in the DDA though, which apply even if a person does not meet the DDA definition of 'disability'. DDA Schedule 1 para 7 says that people registered as disabled under the 1944 Act both on January 15th 1995 and December 2nd 1996 are to be treated as disabled for the purposes of the DDA as well, but only up to 2nd December, 1999. After that date they are only 'disabled' if they fall within the DDA definition. The transitional rules still mean though that they are treated as having been disabled in the past, up to 2nd December 1999, so they may be able to rely on the rules about past disability.

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