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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-guidance-on-the-definition-of-disability-appointed-day-order-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1159",
  "legislation_title": "The Equality Act 2010 (Guidance on the Definition of Disability) Appointed Day Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-guidance-on-the-definition-of-disability-appointed-day-order-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Equality\nDisabled Persons\nMade 26th April 2011\nComing into force 1st May 2011\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(5) and 207(1) and (4) of, and paragraphs 11 and 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Equality Act 2010, makes the following Order.\nIn accordance with paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to that Act the Secretary of State has published a draft of the Guidance and has considered representations concerning the Guidance and modified it in the light of those representations.\nIn accordance with paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 1 to that Act the Secretary of State has laid a draft of the Guidance before both Houses of Parliament.\nIn accordance with paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 1 to that Act neither House has resolved not to approve the draft within a period of 40 days beginning with the day on which it was laid and the Secretary of State has issued the Guidance in the form of the draft.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2010 c.15, amended by the Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No.4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation Order 2010 (S.I. 2010 No.2317 (c.112)). The Equality Act 2010 (2010 c.15) has been amended by other statutory instruments made under it, but those amendments are not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1159/introduction",
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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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