Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 2nd December 1996.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;

• “incepted” refers to the time when the liability to risk of an insurer under a policy of insurance commenced;

• “insurance business” has the same meaning as in the Insurance Companies Act 1982^f1;

• “insurer” means an insurance company as defined in section 96 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.