What the official record says
This Act is the Disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. amend the Human Rights Act 1993. Section 36 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2): It is unlawful for a firm, or for persons jointly promoting the formation of a firm, to fail to provide special services or facilities that could reasonably be provided by the firm, or those persons, in the circumstances and that, if provided, would enable a person with a disability— to be accepted as a partner and remain in partnership; or to be offered the same terms and conditions as a partner (including terms and conditions as to status in the firm or entitlements to shares in capi