{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-abolition-of-district-advisory-committees-order-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-abolition-of-district-advisory-committees-order-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/536",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Abolition of District Advisory Committees) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-abolition-of-district-advisory-committees-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1944 Act” means the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944;\n“the No. 3 Order” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 3 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996;\n“district” means such district as the Secretary of State may determine in accordance with section 17(1)(b) of the 1944 Act;\n“district advisory committee” means a committee established by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 17(1)(b) of the 1944 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1944 c. 10 (7 & 8 Geo. 6)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1474 (C.27)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/536/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:23:55.890064+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}