Introductory text

England, Wales and Scotland

Disabled Persons

Transport

Made 22nd March 2010

Coming into force 6th April 2010

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.C1

Annotations

Modifications

C1: Order 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

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.