1998 No. 1282 (C.27)

DISABLED PERSONS

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1998

Made

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 19951 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation1

This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1998.

Provisions coming into force2

Sections 46, 47 and, insofar as it relates to section 46, section 48 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 shall come into force on 13th May 1998.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions

Glenda JacksonParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force sections 46, 47 and (partially) 48 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Section 46 empowers the Secretary of State to make rail vehicle accessibility regulations to ensure that disabled persons, including those seated in wheelchairs, may get on to and off rail vehicles in safety and without unreasonable difficulty and may be carried in reasonable comfort.

Section 47 empowers the Secretary of State to make exemption orders exempting vehicles from the rail vehicle accessibility regulations, and to make regulations in respect of applications for exemptions.

Section 48 provides that where an offence is committed by a body corporate, or, in Scotland, a partnership or an unincorporated association, with the consent or connivance of certain persons, those persons shall also be guilty of the offence.

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 have been brought into force by Commencement Orders made before the date of this Order:

Provision

Date of Commencement

S.I.No.

Section 1

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 2

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 3

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 4

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 5(1) to (5)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 5(6) and (7)

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 6(1) to (7), (11) and (12)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 6(8), (9) and (10)

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 7

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 8(1) to (5) and (8)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 8(6) and (7)

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 9

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 10

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 11

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 12(1), (2), (4) and (5)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 12(3) and (6)

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 13

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 14(1) and (3)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 14(6)

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 16(1), (2) and (4)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 16(3) and (5) partially

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 16(3) to the extent not previously in force

2nd December 1996

1996/3003

Section 16(5) to the extent not previously in force

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 17(1), (2) and (4)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 17(3)

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 18(1) and (2)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 18(3) and (4)

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 19(1)(a), (c) and (d), (2), (3), (4), (5)(a) and (b) and (6)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 19(5)(c)

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 20(1), (3) and (4)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 20(6), (7) and (8)

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 22

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 23

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 24(1) to (4)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 24(5)

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 25

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 26

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 28

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 29(3)

31st July 1996

1996/1474

Section 30(1) to (6)

31st July 1996

1996/1474

Section 31

31st July 1996

1996/1474

Section 50

1st January 1996

1995/3330

Section 51

1st January 1996

1995/3330

Section 52

1st January 1996

1995/3330

Section 53

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 54

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 55

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 56

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Section 57

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 58

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 59

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 60

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 61

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 62(1), (2) and (7)

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 63(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6)

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 64

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 65

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 66

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 67

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 68(1)

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 68(2) to (5)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 69

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Section 70(4)

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Section 70(7)

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Schedule 1 (with the exception of paragraph 7)

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Schedule 1, paragraph 7

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Schedule 2

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Schedule 3

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Schedule 4, Part I, paragraphs 1 and 2

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Schedule 4, Part I paragraph 3

6th June 1996

1996/1474

Schedule 4, paragraph 4 and section 16(5) insofar as it relates to it

17th May 1996

1996/1336

Schedule 5

1st January 1996

1995/3330

Schedule 6

2nd December 1996

1996/1474

Schedule 7 and section 70(5) insofar as is necessary to effect the repeal of sections 1, 6 to 14, 19 and 21 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 and section 2 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1958

2nd December 1996

1996/1474