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Disability Discrimination Act. Presently people with disabilities in Northern Ireland experience less protection against disability discrimination than their counterparts in the rest of the UK as the Equality Act (2010) was not brought forward in Northern Ireland.
An Act to amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and to require an autism strategy to be prepared. Citation: 2011 c. 27: Introduced by: Dominic Bradley: Territorial extent Northern Ireland: Dates; Royal assent: 9 May 2011: Commencement: 9 August 2011: Other legislation; Amended by: Autism (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) (informally, and hereafter, the DDA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which has now been repealed and replaced by the Equality Act 2010, except in Northern Ireland where the Act still applies.
Northern Ireland [33] [34] still operate under The Disability Discrimination Act 1995. While the statistics above show that there was an increase of employment of disabled people within certain companies, this Act has not been as effective as was hoped, as employers were allowed to discriminate against disabled employees, as long as it was ...
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Industrial tribunals are independent judicial bodies in Northern Ireland that hear and determine claims to do with employment matters. These include a range of claims relating to unfair dismissal , breach of contract , wages and other payments as well as discrimination on the grounds of sex , race discrimination , disability discrimination ...
On 1 October 1999 the Commission took over the functions previously exercised by the Commission for Racial Equality for Northern Ireland, the Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland, the Fair Employment Commission and the Northern Ireland Disability Council. Since 1999, a number of new pieces of legislation have been introduced.
Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 471) Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 472) Disability Discrimination (Service Providers and Public Authorities Carrying Out Functions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 473)