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MLT-2000-L-55768
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Title_of_text
Equal Opportunities (Persons with Disability) Act (Act I of 2000) (Cap. 413).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Malta
Subjects (Classification)
Disabled workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2000-01-19
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Prohibits discrimination on the grounds of disability in employment, education, access to public facilities, and in the provision of goods, services, and facilities. Disability discrimination is defined as unfavourable treatment because of a person's disability, because of non-compliance with a requirement or condition which is unreasonable in the circumstances of the case, or because of a person's use of auxiliary aids or assistance. In employment, discrimination includes the making of hiring, firing, and classification decisions based on disability, and the failure to provide reasonable accommodation for workers with disabilities. Part IV sets forth a test of reasonableness for determining whether the accommodation of disabled persons would cause an unjustifiable hardship. Part V establishes a National Commission Persons with Disability which shall, inter alia, carry out research and devise policy on disability. The Commission may investigate and enforce the law in case of violation of this Act.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2012-03-30 (MLT-2012-L-90490)
Various Laws (Disability Matters) (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Act No. II of 2012).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs
Country
Malta
URL
http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt
File
MLT55768 2016.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to Act No. XXIV. 2016.2.)
Serial region
Serial title
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta
Date
2000-01-19
Number
No. 16,896
Page range
pp. A25-48