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The Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/46 · Made 15 February 2006

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DISABLED PERSONS

Made 15th February 2006

Coming into operation 20th March 2006

The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(5)(c), 67(1) and 68(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995f1 and now vested in it f2 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 50; sections 67(1) and 68(1) are modified in their application to Northern Ireland by paragraphs 46 and 47 respectively of Schedule 8

f2

See S.R. 1999 No. 481; Article 8(a) and Schedule 6, Part I for transfer of functions

Contents

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

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 20th March 2006.

(2)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

2Amendment of the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

The Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 f1 shall be amended in accordance with regulation 3.

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

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

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 15thFebruary 2006.

L.S.

Gerard Mulligan

A senior officer of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke 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 (Northern Ireland) 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 education and library boards, activities provided by voluntary organisations, and research facilities provided and assessments at relevant establishments (defined in regulation 9(2)).