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The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/1122 · Made 5 April 2005

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DISABLED PERSONS

Made 5th April 2005

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995f1, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 50.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2005.

(2)

In this Order, “relevant document” has the meaning given to it in section 49(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

2Commencement

(1)

Section 49 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (forgery and false statements), in so far as it relates to the relevant documents referred to in paragraph (2), shall come into force on 6th April 2005.

(2)

Those relevant documents are—

(a)

a certificate of exemption issued under section 37 or 37Af1;

(b)

a notice of a kind mentioned in section 37(8)(b) or 37A(8)(b);

(c)

an accessibility certificate; and

(d)

an approval certificate.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Charlotte Atkins

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

5th April 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the coming into force of section 49 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, to the extent that it relates to provisions in the Act about the carriage of guide dogs and assistance dogs in taxis and private hire vehicles, and the granting of accessibility certificates and approval certificates in respect of public service vehicles. Section 49 makes it an offence for a person, with intent to deceive, to forge, alter, use, lend or allow another person to use a relevant document, as defined in section 49(1). Section 49(4) makes it an offence to knowingly make a false statement in order to obtain certain relevant documents.