NIAO Disability Action Plan 2021-26

Under Section 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA 1995) (as amended by Article 5 of the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006), Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) is required when carrying out its functions to have due regard to the need to:

• promote positive attitudes towards disabled people; and

• encourage participation by disabled people in public life (‘the disability duties’).

Under Section 49B of the DDA 1995, NIAO is also required to submit to the Equality Commission a disability action plan showing how it proposes to fulfill these duties in relation to its functions.