The Disability Discrimination Codes of Practice (Education) (Appointed Day) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2216

DISABLED PERSONS

The Disability Discrimination Codes of Practice (Education) (Appointed Day) Order 2002

Made

28th August 2002

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 53A(6)(a) and 67(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Codes of Practice (Education) (Appointed Day) Order 2002.

Appointed Day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into effect of the Codes of Practice specified in the Schedule (copies of which were laid before Parliament on 23rd May 2002 and which were issued by the Disability Rights Commission on 8th July 2002) is 1st September 2002.

Catherine Ashton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Education and Skills

28th August 2002

Article 2

SCHEDULE CODES OF PRACTICE COMING INTO EFFECT ON 1ST SEPTEMBER 2002

Code of Practice	Subject Matter of Code
Code of Practice for Schools (Disability Rights Commission reference COPSH July 2002)	Disability discrimination in schools (Chapter 1 of Part IV(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995)
Code of Practice for providers of Post-16 education and related services (Disability Rights Commission reference COPP16 July 2002)	Disability discrimination in further and higher education (Chapter 2 of Part IV(3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995)

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 1st September 2002 as the day on which the Disability Rights Commission Codes of Practice for Schools and for providers of Post-16 education and related services (both of which were issued on 8th July 2002) come into effect.

The Code of Practice for Schools relates to the provisions on disability discrimination in schools inserted at Chapter 1 of Part IV of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001.

The Code of Practice for providers of Post-16 education and related services relates to the provisions on disability discrimination in further and higher education inserted at Chapter 2 of Part IV of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001.

Copies of the Codes may be obtained from the Disability Rights Commission, DRC Helpline, FREEPOST, MID 02164, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 9BR, telephone [phone], fax [phone], email [e-mail], website www.drc-gb.org. The Codes are also available in alternative formats.

(1)

1995 c. 50; section 53A inserted by the Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 (c. 17), section 9.

(2)

Chapter 1 of Part IV of the 1995 Act inserted by Chapter 1 of Part II of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (c. 10).

(3)

Chapter 2 of Part IV of the 1995 Act inserted by Chapter 2 of Part II of the 2001 Act referred to in footnote (a).