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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-disability-discrimination-act-1995-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110457765",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-disability-discrimination-act-1995-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nDISABLED PERSONS\nMade 2003\nComing into force 1st October 2004\nWhereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to discrimination;\nAnd whereas a draft of the following Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to that Act and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the European Communities (Designation) (No.3) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1819)."
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  "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."
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