Statutory Instruments
disabled persons
Made
25th May 2007
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005(1), makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (Commencement No 3) Order 2007.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 2005.
2. 11th June 2007 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 15 (general qualifications bodies) of the Act, so far as it inserts into the Disability Discrimination Act 1995(2)—
(a)sections 31AA, 31AD and 31AE, for the purpose only of exercising any power to make regulations; and
(b)section 31AF.
3. 1st September 2007 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—
(a)section 15 , so far as it is not already in force; and
(b)paragraphs 25, 37(3), (4)(b) and 5(b) and 50(4)(a) and (5) of Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments), and section 19(1) so far as it relates to those paragraphs.
Jim Knight
Minister of State
Department for Education and Skills
25th May 2007
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is the third Commencement Order to be made under the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (“the Act”). The Act extensively amends the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”).
Article 2 commences sections 31AA, 31AD and 31AE of the 1995 Act, which are inserted by section 15 of the Act, on 11th June 2007 for the purpose only of exercising any power to make regulations, and commences section 31AF on that date for all purposes.
Article 3 commences the following provisions of the Act on 1st September 2007:
Chapter 2A of Part 4 of the 1995 Act, which is inserted by section 15 of the Act, so far as it is not already in force, and paragraphs 25, 37(3), (4)(b) and 5(b) and 50(4)(a) and (5) of Schedule 1 to the Act.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 listed in the table below have been brought into force by Commencement Orders made before the date of this Order. The following provisions are commenced in relation to England only: section 9, Part 2 of Schedule 1, the entries in Schedule 2 relating to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and the Traffic Management Act 2004, and section 19 so far as relating to those provisions and entries.
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1 (partially) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 1 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 2 (partially) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Section 2 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 3 (partially) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Section 3 (partially) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 3 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 4 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 5 | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Section 6 (3) to (5) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 9 | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Section 10 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 11 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 12 (partially) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Section 12 (partially) | 10th October 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 12 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 13 (partially) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Section 13 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 14 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 16(2) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Section 16 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 17 (partially) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Section 17 (partially) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 17 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 18 (partially) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Section 18 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 19 (partially) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Section 19 (partially) | 10th October 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 19 (partially) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Section 19 (partially | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 1 | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 2(1) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 2(2) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 2(3) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 2 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 3(1) to (4) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraphs 3 to 6 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 7(a) (partially) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 7(b) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 7 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 8(1) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 8(2) (partially) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 8(3) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 8 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 9 | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 10 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraphs 11 and 12 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 13(1) to (3) | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 13 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraphs 14 to 16 | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 17 (partially) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 17 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 18 | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraphs 19(1) and (5) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 19 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 20 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraphs 21 and 22 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 23 (partially) | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 23 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 24 | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 26 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 28(1) to (5) and (7), | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 28 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 29(1) and (3) to (5) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 29 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 30 | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 31 (partially) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 31 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 32 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 33(1) to (3) | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 33(4) and (5) (partially) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 33 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 34(1) | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 34(2) (partially) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 34 (3) and (4) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 34(5) | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1 Part 1, paragraph 34(6) | 10th October 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 34 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 35 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 36 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 37(1) and (2) | 5th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 37 (4)(a), (5)(a) and (6) | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 38(1) | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 38(2) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 38(3), (4) and (6) to (13) | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 38 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 39(1) and (2) | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 39 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraphs 40(1), (2), (5) and (6) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 40 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 2 | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 1, Part 3, paragraph 49 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 3, paragraph 50(1) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 3, paragraph 50 (2), (3) and (4)(b) | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 3, paragraph 50(6) | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 1, Part 3, paragraph 50(7) | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 2, the entry in respect of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 2, the entries in respect of sections 16A(2)(b) and 16B(3)(i) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 2, the entry in respect of section 17A(1B) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 | 30th June 2005 | 2005/1676 |
| Schedule 2, the entries in respect of sections 18, 55(6) and 68(1) of and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 2, the entry in respect of Schedule 3A to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, | 30th June 2005 | |
| Schedule 2, the entry in respect of the Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 2, the entry in respect of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999 | 5th December 2005 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 2, the entry in respect of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 | 4th December 2006 | 2005/2774 |
| Schedule 2, the entry in respect of the Traffic Management Act 2004 | 30th June 2005 |