by seanie » 12 Jul 2007, 19:00
It's long time since I had to read the DDA, and that was before it was amended, but there wasn't an absolute duty to provide equal access to services. The act was worded so that "reasonable" measures had to be taken, so excessive cost or inconvenience were legitimate grounds for not providing equal access. I think the act was tightened up but that's still the case. Also I'm pretty sure vehicles themselves were largely exempt from the regulations anyway.
So not providing full access is probably legal, for a short trial period at least. If it went to a full service then all the infrastructure around the service would have to comply but I think the hovercraft itself would still be exempt.