{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-code-of-practice-services-public-functions-private-clubs-and-premises-appointed-day-order-2006/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1967",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Services, Public Functions, Private Clubs and Premises) (Appointed Day) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-code-of-practice-services-public-functions-private-clubs-and-premises-appointed-day-order-2006",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) The Code of Practice referred to in article 2 shall not have effect for the purposes of section 53A(8A) of the Act in relation to—\n(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\n(b) any proceedings (whenever commenced) relating to a relevant improvement, which arise from an act or omission which took place before 4th December 2006.\n(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 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2001 asp10. Paragraph 8(e) of Schedule 5 was inserted by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp1), section 54."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1967/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:25:00.379339+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."
}