Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

DISABILTY DISCRIMINATION ORDER 2006

THE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION (2006 ORDER) (COMMENCEMENT NO 1) ORDER (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2006

Notice is hereby given that the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(2) of the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 has made a statutory rule entitled the Disability Discrimination (2006 Order) (Commencement No 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006.

This is the first 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”).

The provisions referred to in Article 2 of this Order are brought into operation on 3 July 2006.

Article 2(1) brings into operation Article 16(2) and paragraph 22(1) to (3) and (5) of Schedule 1, concerning codes of practice.

Article 2(1) also brings into operation various minor amendments and repeals to the 1995 Act.

Article 2(2) brings into operation, for the purpose only of exercising any power to make regulations, orders or rules of court, a number of provisions amending the 1995 Act.

Copies of the Order S.R. 2006 No. 289 (C.16) may be purchased from the Stationery Office Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD.