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DISABLED PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960

DISABLED PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - LONG
TITLE

An Act to amend the law relating to disabled persons as regards
the minimum age for attendance at certain courses under the Disabled
Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland), 1945, as regards
registration under that Act, as regards the class of disabled
ex-service women to whom preference is to be given under section
sixteen of that Act and as regards the provision by local
authorities of employment or other work under special conditions.
[21st June 1960]
S.1 amends ss.2,3 of 1945 c.6 (NI)

DISABLED PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 2
Amendments as to registration.

2. Subs.(1) amends s.7 of 1945 c.6 (NI)

(2) Notwithstanding anything in section eight of the principal Act,
a person registered as handicapped by disablement shall be entitled
to have his name removed from the register on making a written
application to the Ministry of Labour and National Insurance for it
to be removed.

S.3 rep. by 1972 NI 14 art.109(3) sch.18

DISABLED PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 4
Preference for ex-service women in selection for vocational training
and industrial rehabilitation courses and for possible employment.

4.(1) The Ministry of Labour and National Insurance shall so
exercise its discretion under section sixteen of the principal Act
in selecting persons for vocational training and industrial
rehabilitation courses and facilities under section fifteen of that
Act and in selecting persons registered as handicapped by disablement
with a view to submitting their names for engagements, so as to
secure that, so far as consistent with the efficient exercise of
its powers, preference shall be given, in addition to the persons
at present specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the said section
sixteen, to women who have served whole time in any force raised
or maintained under the Army and Air Force (Women's Service) Act,
1948.

Subs.(2) amends s.16 of 1945 c.6 (NI)

Interpretation.

DISABLED PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 6

6. In this Act

"the principal Act" means the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act
(Northern Ireland), 1945;

Definition rep. by 1972 NI 14 art.109(3) sch.18

DISABLED PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 7
Short title.

7. This Act may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act
(Northern Ireland), 1960.

Schedule rep. by 1971 c.2 (NI) s.47 sch.4; 1972 NI 14 art.109(3)
sch.18