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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-commencement-no-8-order-northern-ireland-2001/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/439",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-commencement-no-8-order-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed days",
  "text": "(1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is 31st December 2001—\n(a) section 27(3) (definitions);\n(b) section 27(5) so far as it relates to the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (c);\n(c) in Schedule 4—\n(i) paragraph 8 (regulations), and\n(ii) paragraph 9 (sub-leases etc.).\n(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is 1st October 2004—\n(a) section 21(2) (duty of providers of services to make adjustments) to the extent that it is not already in operation;\n(b) section 27(1), (2), (4) and, to the extent that it is not already in operation, (5);\n(c) the remaining provisions of Schedule 4 not already in operation, namely—\n(i) paragraph 5 (failure to obtain consent to an alteration);\n(ii) paragraph 6 (reference to court); and\n(iii) paragraph 7 (joining lessors in proceedings under section 25).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 51(5) of Schedule 8"
    }
  ],
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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."
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