# Disability Rights Commission Act 1999(repealed), Section 16: Short title, commencement and extent.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Disability Rights Commission Act 1999.
(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.
(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 House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, the Northern 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/17/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-rights-commission-act-1999repealed/section-16
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