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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; you just look at whether you meet the DDA definition of "disability".

However, the Act 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 (Schedule 1 para 7). After that they are only "disabled" if they meet the new tests. They are in any event treated as having been disabled in the past up to that date, so that they may be able to rely on the rules about past disability.

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