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Accessibility of services supplied to a public body. 
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27.—(1) Where a service is provided to a public body, the head of the body shall ensure that the service is accessible to persons with disabilities. 
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(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply if the provision of access by persons with disabilities to any services provided to the body— 
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(a) would not be practicable, 
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(b) would not be justified having regard to the cost of doing so, or 
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(c) would cause unreasonable delay in making the goods or services available to other persons. 
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(3) In this section references to the provision of services include references to the supply of goods. 
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(4) This section shall come into operation on 31 December 2005. 
 
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