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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-2005-commencement-no-1-wales-order-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2007/3285",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-2005-commencement-no-1-wales-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThe Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (“the Act”) extensively amends the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”), and makes certain other provisions.\nArticle 2 brings into force the “blue badge provisions” of the Act, the extent of which is limited to England and Wales (section 20(8)), in relation to Wales only. The blue badge provisions are: section 9, Part 2 of Schedule 1, certain entries in Schedule 2 and section 19 so far as it relates to those provisions in those Schedules (section 20(10)).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/3285/note",
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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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