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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND


2007 No. 466 (C. 31)

DISABLED PERSONS

The Disability Discrimination (2006 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

  Made 7th November 2007 

The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(2) of the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006[1]:

Citation and interpretation
     1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (2006 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007.

    (2) In this Order—

Appointed days
     2. —(1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 13 (private clubs, etc.) of the Order in so far as it inserts section 21F into the 1995 Act for the purpose only of exercising any power to make regulations is 9th November 2007.

    (2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Order is 31st December 2007—



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on


7th November 2007.

L.S.


Gerard Mulligan
A senior officer of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This is the fourth Commencement Order to be made under the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 ("the Order"). The Order extensively amends the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 ("the 1995 Act").

Article 2(1) brings into operation section 21F of the 1995 Act for the purpose only of exercising any power to make regulations.

Article 2(2) brings into operation the Order's provisions on district councils, police, application of sections 19 to 21 of the 1995 Act to transport vehicles, discriminatory advertisements, group insurance, the power to modify or end small dwellings exemption; and, to the extent that they are not already in operation, discrimination by public authorities, private clubs, discrimination in relation to letting of premises, improvement to let dwelling houses and generalisation of section 56 of the 1995 Act and specified paragraphs of Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments) and specified entries in Schedule 2 (repeals).



NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)


The provisions of the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 listed in the table below have been brought into operation by Commencement Orders made before the date of this Order.

Provision Date of Commencement S.R. No.
Article 4 (partially) 3rd July 2006 2006 No 289 (C.16)
Article 5 1st January 2007 2007 No 470 (C.29)
Article 13 (partially) 3rd July 2006 2006 No 289 (C.16)
Article 14 (partially) 3rd July 2006 2006 No 289 (C.16)
Article 16(2) 3rd July 2006 2006 No 289 (C.16)
Article 17 (partially) 3rd July 2006 2006 No 289 (C.16)
Article 18 (partially) 3rd July 2006 2006 No 289 (C.16)
Article 18 31st October 2007 2007 No 430 (C. 28)

Article 19(1) (partially) 3rd July 2006 2006 No 289 (C.16)
Article 19(1) (partially) 31st October 2007 2007 No 430 (C. 28)
Article 19(2) (partially) 31st October 2007 2007 No 430 (C. 28)
Schedule 1 (partially) 31st October 2007 2007 No 430 (C. 28)
Schedule 2 (partially) 31st October 2007 2007 No 430 (C. 28)


Notes:

[1] S.I. 2006/312 (N.I.1)back

[2] 1995 c.50back



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Prepared 14 November 2007


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