Introductory text
England, Wales and Scotland
Disabled Persons
Transport
Made 23rd February 2010
Laid before Parliament 1st March 2010
Coming into force 6th April 2010
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 47(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995f1.
In accordance with section 46(11) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee f2, and such other representative organisations as the Secretary of State thinks fit.C1
Annotations
Modifications
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Regulations continued under new enabling powers in 2010 c. 15 (1.10.2010 immediately after the commencement of S.I. 2010/2279) by The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2317), arts. 1(2), 21, Sch. 7
Footnotes
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1995 c.50. Section 47 (1) and (1A) were substituted for subsection (1), as originally enacted, by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13) section 6(3). By section 68(1) (interpretation) “regulations”, in section 47, means regulations made by the Secretary of State.
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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 Secretary of State with advice on the public passenger transport needs of disabled people.