{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-code-of-practice-further-and-higher-education-appointed-day-order-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-code-of-practice-further-and-higher-education-appointed-day-order-northern-ireland-2006/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/17",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Code of Practice) (Further and Higher Education) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-code-of-practice-further-and-higher-education-appointed-day-order-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION\nMade 25th January 2006\nThe Department for Employment and Learning, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54A(6)(a) and 67(2) and (3)(a) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and now vested in it, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department for Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, see 2001 c. 15 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c 50; section 54A was inserted by Article 11 of the Equality (Disability, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1110 (N.I. 2)) and amended by regulation 20 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No.55) and Article 41 of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1117 (N.I. 6))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 54A(11) of 1995 c. 50 as inserted by Article 41(4) of S.I. 2005/1117(N.I.6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/17/introduction",
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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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