COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS

Part 1 – Education Appeals and Claims by Children

Disability Discrimination Claims

Sections 9 - 16 insert new provisions into the Disability Discrimination Act 1995

Section 20 -  Powers on repeal and re-enactment of the Disability.Discrimination Act 1995

88.This section applies if Part 4 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is repealed and re-enacted with or without modification. The section gives the Welsh Ministers the power to make an order to amend current or future legislation that repeals and re-enacts the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and provides that an order may be made before the legislation that repeals and re-enacts the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is commenced.

89.Subsection (3) provides that an order made by the Welsh Ministers may make provision corresponding to the disability discrimination provisions in the Measure. This will enable the provisions in section 9 to 16 of the Measure to be retained in new equality legislation.