EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the third Commencement Order to be made under the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (“the Order”). The Order extensively amends the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”).

Article 2 brings into operation the Order’s provisions on the meaning of disability, specified paragraphs of Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments) and specified entries in Schedule 2 (repeals).