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Discrimination Act 1991
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50 Discrimination by qualifying bodies etc
(1) Section 16 does not make unlawful discrimination by an authority or
body against a person on the ground of disability if the authority or
body believes on reasonable grounds that, because of a disability, the
person is, or would be, unable to carry out work that is essential to
the position concerned.
disability does not include anything mentioned in—
(a) section 5AA (2) (b) or (c) (Meaning of disability etc); or
(b) section 7 (2) (Protected attributes), other than a disability that
the person has.