Section 16 Short title, commencement and extent.

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Disability Rights Commission Act 1999.

P1(2)

This Act (apart from this section) shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.

(3)

An order under subsection (2) may contain transitional provisions and savings relating to the provisions brought into force by the order.

F1(3A)

Section 7(1)(aa) and (4A) extend only to England and Wales.

(4)

The following provisions extend to Northern Ireland—

(a)

section 14(1), in relation to paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Schedule 4; and

(b)

section 14(2), in relation to the repeal of words in the M1House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, the M2Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 and section 70(7) of the 1995 Act.

(5)

Except as mentioned in subsection (4), this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 16(3A) inserted (4.12.2006) by Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13), ss. 19(1), 20(3)-(6), Sch. 1 para. 50(7); S.I. 2005/2774, art. 4(f)

Marginal citations

M1: 1975 c. 24.
M2: 1975 c. 25.

Subordinate legislation made

P1: S. 16(2) power wholly exercised: 6.8.1999 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1999/2210, art. 2; different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2000/880, art. 2 (with art. 3); 4.12.2006 appointed in so far as not already in force by {S.I. 2006/3189}, art. 2

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (1.10.2007) by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), ss. 40, 91, 93, Sch. 3 para. 59, Sch. 4 (with s. 92); S.I. 2007/2603, art. 2(b)(c) (subject to art. 3, as amended by S.I. 2007/2602, art. 4(2))