The Scottish Commission for Human Rights (Specification) Order 2008

Made: 5th November 2008

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 5th day of November 2008 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Accordingly, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows.

Citation and commencement

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Commission for Human Rights (Specification) Order 2008.

• (2) It comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Specification of international convention

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted by Resolution A/RES/61/106 (13th December 2006) of the General Assembly of the United Nations is specified for the purposes of section 9 (restrictions as to scope of inquiry) of the Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006.

Signed

Judith Simpson — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the purposes of section 9 of the Scottish Commission on Human Rights Act 2006. This allows the Commission to conduct inquiries into the policies and practices of public authorities and institutions where the subject matter of the inquiry is about whether the human rights contained in the Convention are being respected.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 asp 16.