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Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 67(5A) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Disabled Persons

Transport

Made xxx

Coming into force xxx

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 47(1), (1A) and (4) and 67(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995^f1.

Having consulted the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee^f2 in accordance with section 67A(1)^f3 of that Act, the Secretary of State has decided that the Parliamentary procedure to be adopted is that a draft statutory instrument containing the order will be laid before Parliament for approval by each House of Parliament.

In accordance with section 67(5A)^f4 of that Act a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

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f1: 1995 c. 50; section 47(1) and (1A) was inserted by section 6(3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13).
f2: The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee was established under section 125 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) and has a statutory duty to provide the Government with advice on the public passenger transport needs of disabled people.
f3: Section 67A was inserted by section 6(4) of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. The Secretary of State has discretion as to which of the two types of parliamentary procedures referred to in section 67(5A) of that Act is to be adopted because regulations made under section 67A(3) are in force (see section 67A(2)(a) and S.I. 2008/2975). Those regulations set out the basis on which the Secretary of State exercises that discretion.
f4: Section 67(5A) was inserted by section 19(1) and Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 33(5) of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005.