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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-commencement-no-10-order-northern-ireland-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/236",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 10) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-commencement-no-10-order-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed Day",
  "text": "(1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 49 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (forgery and false statements and impersonation) in so far as it relates to the documents specified in paragraph (2) is 3rd June 2008.\n(2) The documents referred to in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) a certificate of exemption issued under section 37 or 37A;\n(b) a notice of a kind mentioned in section 37(8)(b) or 37A(8)(b);\n(c) an accessibility certificate; and\n(d) an approval certificate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 37A was inserted into the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by s.1(1) of the Private Hire Vehicles (Carriage of Guide Dogs etc.) Act 2002"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/236/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}