Age Discrimination Legislation (Age Goods, Facilities and Services)

About

In line with the Programme for Government commitment, a consultation on policy proposals to extend age discrimination legislation to the provision of goods, facilities and services has been launched. This consultation will run for 14 weeks until 8 October 2015 and the process will be supported by a series of regional consultation events which will take place in Belfast and in each county.

• Ministerial statement
• News release

This consultation sets out policy proposals to protect adults and young people aged 16 years and over from discrimination on the basis of age in relation to goods, facilities and services, charities, premises, education, public functions, and private clubs and associations. The scope of the proposals is therefore broader than goods, facilities and services alone.

Your views

The Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister is seeking your views on the Proposals to Extend Age Discrimination Legislation (Age Goods, Facilities and Services). You can download the consultation document via the links below:

• Consultation on Proposals to extend Age Discrimination Legislation (Age Goods, Facilities and Services) from 3 July 2015 – 8 October 2015
• Consultation on Proposals to extend Age Discrimination Legislation (Age Goods, Facilities and Services) - Executive summary
• Consultation on Proposals to Extend Age Discrimination Legislation (Age Goods, Facilities and Services) Young Person Friendly version

How to respond

A consultation questionnaire has been developed as part of this document to assist you in submitting your views. There are two options; you can access the questionnaire via the Survey Monkey website or complete the Mircosoft Word version of the questionnaire and email it to: age@ofmdfmni.gov.uk. Please access the links below:

• Proposals to extend Age Discrimination Legislation (Age Goods, Facilities and Services) - Consultation questionnaire (Survey Monkey website)
• Proposals to extend Age Discrimination Legislation (Age Goods, Facilities and Services) - Consultation questionnaire

If you require hard copies or alternative formats of the draft strategy or consultation document or you wish to return your consultation response by post please use the contact details below:

Email: age@ofmdfmni.gov.uk
Telephone: 028 9052 3433
Textphone: 028 9052 2526

Consultation events

A series of meetings are being held to find out your views on the policy proposals to extend age discrimination legislation to the provision of goods, facilities and services:

If you wish to register for any of these events please use the contact details given above.