The Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 1992

DISABLED PERSONS

The Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises) Order 1999

Made

8th July 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 52(8) and 52(11) of the Disability Discrimination Act(1), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Goods, Facilities, Service and Premises) Order 1999.

Code of Practice

2.  The day appointed for the coming into force of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice on the Rights of Access to Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises (ISBN 0–11–271055–7), issued by the Secretary of State under section 51(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on 29th June 1999, is 1st October 1999.

Revocation

3.  The Code of Practice on the Rights of Access to Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises (ISBN 0–11–762432–2) referred to in the Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Goods, Services, Facilities and Premises) Order 1996(2) is revoked with effect from 1st October 1999.

Margaret Hodge

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment and Equal Opportunities,

Department for Education and Employment

8th July 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 1st October 1999 as the date on which the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice on the Rights of Access to Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises, issued by the Secretary of State on 29th June 1999 (“the new code”), shall come into force. It also revokes the Code of Practice of the same title, issued by the Secretary of State for Social Security on 25th July 1996, on the 1st October 1999. The new code may be obtained from The Stationery Office, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT, The Stationery Office book shops and the Stationery Office’s accredited agents.

(1)

1995 c. 50.

(2)

S.I. 1996/2987.