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Disabilities Act effective Feb 14

WHEN THE Disabilities Act finally takes effect on February 14, 2022, following Wednesday’s passage of the Disabilities Regulation, 2021, Resolution in Gordon House, where the Houses of Representatives sit, could find itself on the wrong side of law...

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