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The Compromise Agreements (Description of Person) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/2364 · Made 21 August 2005

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Made 21st August 2005

Laid before Parliament 26th August 2005

Coming into force 1st October 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 67 of, and by sub-paragraph 3(d) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 3A to, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 50. Section 67 was amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13), section 19 and Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 33, and sub-paragraph 3(d) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 3A was inserted by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, section 19 and Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 39.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Person Specified
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Compromise Agreements (Description of Person) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st October 2005.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

2Person Specified

For the purposes of sub-paragraph 3(d) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 3A to the Act, a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives employed by a solicitors' practice is specified.

Signature

Gerry Sutcliffe

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs

Department of Trade and Industry

21st August 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends the category of person validly able to give advice in relation to compromise agreements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 to a Fellow of the Instituteof Legal Executives employed by a solicitors' practice.