Equal Opportunity Act 1984

It is unlawful for a person, whether as principal or agent, to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person’s impairment —

by refusing the other person’s application for accommodation; or

in the terms or conditions on which accommodation is offered to the other person; or

by deferring the other person’s application for accommodation or according to the other person a lower order of precedence in any list of applicants for that accommodation.

It is unlawful for a person, whether as principal or agent, to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person’s impairment —

by denying the other person access, or limiting the other person’s access, to any benefit associated with accommodation occupied by the other person; or

by evicting the other person from accommodation occupied by the other person; or

by subjecting the other person to any other detriment in relation to accommodation occupied by the other person; or

by refusing to permit the other person to make reasonable alterations to accommodation occupied by that person where —

that person has undertaken to restore the accommodation to its condition before alteration on leaving the accommodation; and

in all the circumstances of the case it is likely that that person will perform the undertaking; and

in all the circumstances of the case, the action required to restore the accommodation to its condition before alteration is reasonably practical; and

the alteration does not necessitate alteration of the premises of any other occupier; and

the alteration is at that other person’s own expense.

Nothing in this section applies to or in respect of —

the provision of accommodation in premises if —

the person who provides or proposes to provide the accommodation or a near relative of that person resides, and intends to continue to reside, on those premises; and

the accommodation provided in those premises is for no more than 3 persons other than a person referred to in subparagraph (i) or near relatives of such a person;

accommodation provided by a charitable or other voluntary body solely for persons who have a particular impairment; or

the provision of accommodation in premises if special services or facilities would be required by the person with an impairment and the provision of such special services or facilities would impose unjustifiable hardship on the person providing or proposing to provide the accommodation whether as principal or agent.