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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3340",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Public Authorities) (Duty to Promote Equality) (Appointed Day) Order 2005",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed Day",
  "text": "5th December 2005 is the day appointed for the coming into effect of the Code of Practice laid before Parliament in draft on 25th October 2005 and issued by the Disability Rights Commission under section 53A(1C) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, entitled “The Duty to Promote Disability Equality: Statutory Code of Practice (England and Wales)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Subsection (1C) was inserted by paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 1 to the 2005 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Issued by the Disability Rights Commission and published by TSO (The Stationery Office), ISBN 0 11 703605 6."
    }
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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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