The act is being introduced in four phases over the next four years

A public consultation on two documents related to the Disability Discrimination Act will come to a close on Friday this week (March 4).

Government says both have been developed to help the public, businesses and other organisations understand the requirements and implications of the law.

The act is being introduced in four phases over the next four years, with the next phase starting in December.

This approach has been taken to provide time for service providers to make any reasonable adjustments to comply with the act.

You can get the documents, and more information on them, by contacting the Department of Health and Social Care, or in the consultations section of the government’s website, gov.im