{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-rights-commission-act-1999repealed/schedule-3/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-rights-commission-act-1999repealed/schedule-3/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/17",
  "legislation_title": "Disability Rights Commission Act 1999(repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-rights-commission-act-1999repealed",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where an order of the court under paragraph 17 (“the order”) requires P to serve an adequate action plan on the Commission.\n(2) If, in response to the order, P serves an action plan on the Commission, that action plan shall become final at the end of the prescribed period unless the Commission has applied to a county court or, in Scotland, to the sheriff to enforce the order on the ground that the plan does not comply with the order (and any directions under paragraph 17(3)(c)).\n(3) Where an application is made as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)—\n(a) if the Commission withdraws its application, the action plan in question shall become final at the end of the prescribed period;\n(b) if the court considers that the action plan in question complies with the order, that action plan shall become final at the end of the prescribed period.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 18 wholly in force at 25.4.2000; Sch. 3 para. 18 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 16(2); Sch. 3 para. 18(2)(3)(a)(b) in force at 23.3.2000 by S.I. 2000/880, art. 2, Sch. 1; Sch. 3 para. 18 in force at 25.4.2000 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2000/880, art. 2, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/17/schedule/3/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:56.334422+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."
}