Article 3 Transitional provisions

(1)

The Code of Practice referred to in article 2 shall not have effect for the purposes of section 53A(8A) of the Act^f1 in relation to—

(a)

any proceedings (whenever commenced) which arise from a complaint alleging that a person has, before 4th December 2006, committed an act which is unlawful discrimination for the purposes of any provision of Part 3 of the Act; or

(b)

any proceedings (whenever commenced) relating to a relevant improvement^f2, which arise from an act or omission which took place before 4th December 2006.

(2)

The Code of Practice referred to in article 2 shall not have effect for the purposes of paragraph 8(e) of Schedule 5 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001^f3 in relation to any proceedings (whenever commenced) under Part 1 of that Schedule, which arise from an act or omission which took place before 4th December 2006.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 53A(8A) was inserted by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (c. 10), section 36(1) and (8), and amended by the 2005 Act, Schedule 1, paragraphs 1 and 28(1) and (6).
f2: The definition of a relevant improvement was inserted into section 53A(9) by the 2005 Act, Schedule 1, paragraphs 1 and 28(1) and (7).
f3: 2001 asp10. Paragraph 8(e) of Schedule 5 was inserted by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp1), section 54.