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Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

S.I. 2002/1980 · Made 24 July 2002

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DISABLED PERSONS

Made 24th July 2002

Laid before Parliament 29th July 2002

Coming into force 1st September 2002

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 19(5)(c), 67(1) and 68(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995f1, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 50.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Citation, commencement and extent
  3. 3Amendment of the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations 1996
  4. 4Amendment of the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations 1996
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st September 2002.

2Citation, commencement and extent

These Regulations do not apply to Northern Ireland.

3Amendment of the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations 1996

The Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations 1996f1 shall be amended in accordance with regulation 4 below.

4Amendment of the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations 1996

Regulation 9 (Exemption from sections 19 to 21 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for certain educational services) shall be revoked.

Signature

Catherine Ashton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Education and Skills

24th July 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke, except for Northern Ireland, regulation 9 (Exemption from sections 19 to 21 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for certain educational services) of the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations 1996. Regulation 9 of the 1996 Regulations exempted certain specified educational services from sections 19 to 21 of the 1995 Act (discrimination in relation to goods, facilities and services). The exempted services included services provided by local education authorities (education authorities in Scotland), activities provided by voluntary organisations, and research facilities and assessments at relevant establishments (defined in sub-paragraph (2) of that regulation).