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(1) This Order may be cited as the Equality (Disability, etc.) (2000 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000.
(2) In this Order—
 “the 1995 Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and
 “the 2000 Order” means the Equality (Disability, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 2000.
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The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of Part II of the 2000 Order specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) is 25th April 2000.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 21st April 2000.
J. A. Canavan
A senior officer of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister

SCHEDULE
Article 2


(1) (2)
Article 3 Interpretation
Article 4 General functions of Commission
Article 5 Formal investigations
Article 6 Non-discrimination notices
Article 7 Agreements in lieu of enforcement action
Article 8 Persistent discrimination
Article 9 Assistance in relation to proceedings
Article 10 Recovery of expenses of providing assistance
Article 11 Codes of practice
Article 12 Conciliation of disputes under Part III of the 1995 Act
Article 13 Procedure for amending section 7(1) of the 1995 Act
Article 14 Regulations
Article 15 Consequential amendments to the 1995 Act
Article 16, to the extent that it relates to any provision in Schedule 2 to the 2000 Order specified in the Appendix to this Schedule Repeals
Article 17 Crown application
Schedule 1 Formal investigations, non-discrimination notices and action plans
Schedule 2, to the extent that it relates to any provision specified in the Appendix to this Schedule Repeals
APPENDIX

Chapter or Number Short title Extent of repeal
1995 c. 50. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Section 50
  Section 51(1) and (2)
  Section 52(1) (with the exception of paragraph (b) in the definition of “responsible Department”) to (10)
  Section 53(1) to (3), (8) and (9)
  Section 54(1) to (7) and (9) (with the exception of the definition of the “Department”)
  Section 67(4)
  Section 70(7)
  In Schedule 8, paragraphs 4(2) and (3), 14, 33, 34(1) and (2), and 52
1996 NI 16 The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 In Schedule 1, the entry relating to section 50(9) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
1998 c. 47. The Northern Ireland Act 1998 Schedule 13, paragraph 16