This Act may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986.

This Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions or different purposes, and different provision may be made under this subsection for England and Wales and for Scotland.

Any regulations or order made under this Act shall be made by statutory instrument and (except in the case of an order under subsection (2)) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

As regards any regulations or order made under this Act by the National Assembly for Wales, subsection (3) shall have effect without the words after “statutory instrument”.

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.