Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (2006 Order) (Commencement No.5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013.

(2) In this Order—

“the Order” means the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006; and

“the Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995(2).

Appointed day

2.  The appointed day for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Order is 2nd September 2013—

(a)Article 8 (Rail vehicle: application of accessibility regulations);

(b)paragraph 21(a) and (b) of Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments) and Article 19(1) in so far as it relates to those entries;

(c)the entries in Schedule 2 (repeals) in respect of sections 46 (3), (4), (6), (8), (9) and (10) of the Act and Article 19(2) in so far as it relates to those entries.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 2nd September 2013.

Margaret Rose McNaughton

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 fifth 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 Act”).

Article 2 brings into operation Article 8 (Rail vehicles: application of accessibility regulations); paragraph 21(a) and (b) of Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments) and Article 19(1) in so far as it relates to those entries; and the entries in Schedule 2 (repeals) in respect of sections 46 (3), (4), (6), (8), (9) and (10) of the Act and Article 19(2) in so far as it relates to those entries on 1st July 2011.

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.