The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 1122 (C.50)

DISABLED PERSONS

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2005

Made

5th April 2005

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995(1), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2005.

(2) In this Order, “relevant document” has the meaning given to it in section 49(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Commencement

2.—(1) Section 49 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (forgery and false statements), in so far as it relates to the relevant documents referred to in paragraph (2), shall come into force on 6th April 2005.

(2) Those relevant documents are—

(a) a certificate of exemption issued under section 37 or 37A(2);

(b) a notice of a kind mentioned in section 37(8)(b) or 37A(8)(b);

(c) an accessibility certificate; and

(d) an approval certificate.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Charlotte Atkins

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

5th April 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the coming into force of section 49 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, to the extent that it relates to provisions in the Act about the carriage of guide dogs and assistance dogs in taxis and private hire vehicles, and the granting of accessibility certificates and approval certificates in respect of public service vehicles. Section 49 makes it an offence for a person, with intent to deceive, to forge, alter, use, lend or allow another person to use a relevant document, as defined in section 49(1). Section 49(4) makes it an offence to knowingly make a false statement in order to obtain certain relevant documents.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 1	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 2	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 3	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 4	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 5(1) to (5)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 5(6) and (7)	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 6(1) to (7), (11) and (12)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 6(8), (9) and (10)	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 7	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 8(1) to (5) and (8)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 8(6) and (7)	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 9	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 10	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 11	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 12(1), (2) , (4) and (5)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 12(3) and (6)	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 13	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 14(1) and (3)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 14(2), (4) and (5)	1 October 1999	1999/1190
Section 14(6)	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 15(1)(a) and (2) to (10)	1 October 1999	1999/1190
Section 16(1), (2) and (4)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 16(3) and (5) partially	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 16(3) to the extent not previously in force	2 December 1996	1996/3003
Section 16(5) to the extent not previously in force	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 17(1), (2) and (4)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 17(3)	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 18(1) and (2)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 18(3) and (4)	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 19(1)(a), (c) and (d), (2), (3), (4) (5)(a) and (b) and (6)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 19(1)(b)	1 October 1999	1999/1190
Section 19(5)(c)	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 20(1), (3) and (4)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 20(2), (5) and (9)	1 October 1999	1999/1190
Section 20(6), (7) and (8)	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 21(1), (2) (with the exception of paragraphs (a) to (c)), (4), (6) and (10)	1 October 1999	1999/1190
Section 21(2) to the extent it is not already in force	1 October 2004	2001/2030
Section 21(3) and (5)	26 April 1999	1999/1190
Section 22	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 23	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 24(1) to (4)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 24(5)	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 25	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 26	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 27(3) and (5) so far as it relates to paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 4	9 May 2001	2001/2030
Section 27(1), (2) and (4) and, to the extent that it is not already in force, (5)	1 October 2004	2001/2030
Section 28	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 29(3)	31 July 1996	1996/1474
Section 30(1) to (6)	31 July 1996	1996/1474
Section 31	31 July 1996	1996/1474
Section 37(5), (6), (7) and (8)(b)	1 December 2000	2000/2989
Section 37 to the extent not previously in force	31 March 2001	2000/2989
Section 38	1 December 2000	2000/2989
Section 39	5 February 2003	2003/215
Section 40	30 August 2000	2000/1969
Section 41	30 August 2000	2000/1969
Section 42	30 August 2000	2000/1969
Section 43	30 August 2000	2000/1969
Section 44	30 August 2000	2000/1969
Section 45	30 August 2000	2000/1969
Section 46	13 May 1998	1998/1282
Section 47	13 May 1998	1998/1282
Section 48 insofar as it relates to section 46	13 May 1998	1998/1282
Section 48 to the extent not previously in force	30 August 2000	2000/1969
Section 50	1 January 1996	1995/3330
Section 51	1 January 1996	1995/3330
Section 52	1 January 1996	1995/3330
Section 53	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 54	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 55	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 56	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Section 57	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 58	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 59	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 60	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 61	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 62(1), (2) and (7)	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 63(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6)	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 64	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 65	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 66	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 67	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 68(1)	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 68(2) to (5)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 69	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Section 70(4)	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Section 70(7)	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Schedule 1 (with the exception of paragraph 7)	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Schedule 1, paragraph 7	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Schedule 2	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Schedule 3	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraphs 1 and 2	2 December 1996	1996/1474
Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 3	6 June 1996	1996/1474
Schedule 4, paragraph 4 and section 16(5) insofar as it relates to it	17 May 1996	1996/1336
Schedule 4, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7	1 October 2004	2001/2030
Schedule 4, paragraphs 8 and 9	9 May 2001	2001/2030
Schedule 5	1 January 1996	1995/3330
Schedule 6	2 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	2 December 1996	1996/1474

(1)

1995 c. 50.

(2)

Section 37A was inserted into the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by s. 1(1) of the Private Hire Vehicles (Carriage of Guide Dogs etc.) Act 2002 (see S.I. 2003/3123 for date in force).