Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2015 No. 333 (C. 29)
Disabled Persons
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 11) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Made
17th September 2015
Citation and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No 11) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Appointed day
2. The day appointed for the coming into operation of the section 32(4) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (taxi accessibility regulations) is 18th September 2015.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 17th September 2015
Margaret Rose McNaughton
A senior officer of the
Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the coming into operation of section 32 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 which empowers the Department of the Environment to make taxi accessibility Regulations to ensure that disabled persons can get into and out of regulated taxis safely and be carried in safety and reasonable comfort and, in the case of disabled persons in wheelchairs to do so while remaining in their wheelchairs.
Under section 32 the driver of a regulated taxi is guilty of an offence if he fails to comply with any requirement imposed upon him by the taxi accessibility Regulations or if the regulated taxi fails to conform with any provision of the taxi accessibility Regulations with which it is required to conform.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
Prior Commencement Orders have appointed days for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 as modified in its application to Northern Ireland by Schedule 8 thereof:-
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.R. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Sections 1, 2 and 3 | 30th May 1996 | 1996 No. 219 (C. 9) |
| Sections 4 and 5(1) to (5) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 5(6) and (7) | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 6(1) to (7), (11) and (12) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 6(8), (9) and (10) | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Sections 7, 8(1) to (5) and (8) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 8(6) and (7) | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Sections 9, 10, 11,12(1), (2), (4) and (5) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 12(3) and (6) | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Sections 13, 14(1) and (3) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 14(2), (4) and (5) | 1st October 1999 | 1999 No. 196 (C. 18) |
| Section 14(6) | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 15(1)(a) and (2) to (10) | 1st October 1999 | 1999 No. 196 (C. 18) |
| Section 16(1), (2) and (4) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 16(3) and (5) partially | 30th May 1996 | 1996 No. 219 (C. 9) |
| Section 16(3) to the extent not previously in operation | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 560 (C. 27) |
| Section 16(5) to the extent not previously in operation | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 17(1), (2) and (4) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 17(3) | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 18(1) and (2) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 18(3) and (4) | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 19(1)(a), (c) and (d), (2), (3), (4), (5)(a) and (b) and (6) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 19(1)(b) | 1st October 1999 | 1999 No. 196 (C. 18) |
| Section 19(5)(c) | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 20(1), (3) and (4) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C 13) |
| Section 20(2), (5) and (9) | 1st October 1999 | 1999 No. 196 (C. 18) |
| Section 20(6), (7) and (8) | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 21(1), (2)(d), (4), (6) and (10) | 1st October 1999 | 1999 No. 196 (C. 18) |
| Section 21(2) to the extent not already in operation | 1st October 2004 | 2001 No. 439 (C. 22) |
| Section 21(3) and (5) | 26th April 1999 | 1999 No. 196 (C. 18) |
| Sections 22, 23 and 24(1) to (4) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 24(5) | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Sections 25 and 26 | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 27 (1), (2), (4) and, to the extent not already in operation, (5) | 1st October 2004 | 2001 No. 439 (C. 22) |
| Section 27(3) | 31st December 2001 | 2001 No. 439 (C. 22) |
| Section 28 | 30th May 1996 | 1996 No. 219 (C. 9) |
| Section 37 (for certain purposes) | 1st June 2001 | 2001 No. 163 (C. 10) |
| (for all other purposes) | 1st August 2001 | 2001 No. 163 (C. 10) |
| Section 38 | 1st June 2001 | 2001 No. 163 (C. 10) |
| Sections 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 | 21st January 2003 | 2003 No. 24 (C. 1) |
| Sections 46 and 47, and section 48 in so far as it relates to section 46 | 13th May 1998 | 1998 No. 183(C. 6) |
| Section 48 to the extent not previously in operation | 21st January 2003 | 2003 No. 24 (C. 1) |
| Section 49 in so far as it relates to documents issued under section 37 or 37A, a notice mentioned in section 37(8)(b) or 37A(8)(b), an accessibility certificate or an approval certificate | 3rd June 2008 | 2008 No. 236 (C. 12) |
| Sections 50, 51 and 52 | 2nd January 1996 | 1996 No. 1 (C. 1) |
| Sections 53, 54 and 56 | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Sections 55, 57 and 58 | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C 13) |
| Section 59 | 30th May 1996 | 1996 No. 219 (C. 9) |
| Sections 60 and 61 | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Sections 62(1), (2) and (7) | 30th May 1996 | 1996 No. 219 (C. 9) |
| Sections 64 and 66 | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Sections 67, 68(1) and 69 | 30th May 1996 | 1996 No. 219 (C. 9) |
| Sections 68(2) to (5) and 70(4) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Section 70(7) and Schedule 1 (with the exception of paragraph 7) | 30th May 1996 | 1996 No. 219 (C. 9) |
| Schedule 1, paragraph (7) | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Schedule 2 | 30th May 1996 | 1996 No. 219 (C. 9) |
| Schedule 3 and Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraphs 1 and 2 | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 3 | 11th July 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
| Schedule 4, paragraph (4) and section 16(5) in so far as it relates to it | 30th May 1996 | 1996 No. 219 (C. 9) |
| Schedule 4, paragraphs 8 and 9 and section 27(5) in so far as it relates to them | 31st December 2001 | 2001 No. 439 (C 22) |
| Schedule 4, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 | 1st October 2004 | 2001 No. 439 (C 22) |
| Schedule 5 | 2nd January 1996 | 1996 No. 1 (C. 1) |
| Schedule 6, Schedule 7 and section 70(5) in so far as is necessary to effect the repeal of sections 1, 6 to 14, 19 and 21 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 and the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 | 2nd December 1996 | 1996 No. 280 (C. 13) |
1995 c. 50; section 70(3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 48(1) of Schedule 8 to that Act
See S.R. 1999 No. 481; Article 8(a) and Schedule 6, Part I for transfer of functions
Section 32 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 16 of Schedule 8 to that Act