
1 
This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Exemption for Small Employers) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st December 1998.
2 
Subsection (1) of section 7 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (which exempts an employer with fewer than 20 employees from the application of Part II of the Act) is amended by the substitution of the number “15” for the number “20”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
Margaret Hodge
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
19th October 1998