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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-commencement-no2-order-1996/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1336",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No.2) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-commencement-no2-order-1996",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions commenced",
  "text": "The provisions referred to in article 2 above are—\n(a) section 1 (Meaning of “disability” and “disabled person”);\n(b) section 2 (Past disabilities);\n(c) section 3 (Guidance);\n(d) section 16(3) in so far as it relates to the definitions of “sub-lease” and “sub-tenancy”, and (5) in so far as it relates to paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 (Sub-leases etc);\n(e) section 28 (Provision of advice and assistance);\n(f) section 59 (Statutory authority and national security);\n(g) section 62(1), (2) and (7) (Restriction of publicity: industrial tribunals);\n(h) section 63(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) (Restriction of publicity: Employment Appeal Tribunal);\n(i) section 67 (Regulations and orders);\n(j) section 68(1) (Interpretation);\n(k) section 69 (Financial provisions);\n(l) section 70(7) (House of Commons disqualification);\n(m) Schedule 1 (with the exception of paragraph 7) (Provisions Supplementing Section 1);\n(n) Schedule 2 (Past Disabilities);\n(o) Schedule 4, paragraph 4 (Sub-leases etc.).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1336/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:43:30.551847+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."
}