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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-guidance-and-code-of-practice-appointed-day-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1996",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination (Guidance and Code Of Practice) (Appointed Day) Order 1996",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DISABLED PERSONS\nMade 29th July 1996\nWHEREAS —\n(1) in pursuance of sections 3(4) and 54(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 the Secretary of State has consulted such persons in preparing a draft of the Guidance and such organisations in preparing a draft of the Code of Practice as she considered appropriate;\n(2) in pursuance of sections 3(5) and 54(2) of the said Act the Secretary of State has published a draft of the Guidance and of the Code of Practice and has considered such representations that were made to her about the drafts and has modified her proposals in the light of those representations as she considered appropriate;\n(3) in pursuance of sections 3(6) and 54(3) of the said Act the Secretary of State has laid the draft of the Guidance and the draft of the Code of Practice before both Houses of Parliament and neither House of Parliament has resolved not to approve the drafts within a period of 40-days beginning with the day on which they were laid;\n(4) in pursuance of sections 3(8) and 54(5) of the said Act the Secretary of State has issued the said Guidance and Code of Practice in the form of the drafts laid before both Houses of Parliament on 6th June 1996;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 3(9) and 54(6) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 50."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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