The Disability Equality Duty is a real opportunity to make a difference for disabled people.
To ensure this happens, however, Commission and individual disabled people must make sure that all public authorities meet their responsibilities under the new duty.
Under the Disability Equality Duty (DED) the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, can take legal action against public authorities that have failed to carry out their responsibilities under the DED, by issuing compliance notices.
Along with individual disabled people they can also challenge a public authority’s failure to meet the general duty by seeking a judicial review in the High Court, or Court of Session in Scotland.
The Commission has developed an 'Assessment Template' to assess public authorities' Disability Equality Schemes and their compliance with the specific duties. This template is for the use of staff at the Commission only, but is being published on the website to provide transparency for public authorities.
Other information on enforcement of the duty is available in the DED Codes of Practice.
You can download any guidance on enforcing the duty at disability equality duty documents.