Autism Bill (NIA Bill 2/10)

The Autism Act (NI) 2011 received Royal Assent on the 9th May 2011 and came in to operation on the 9th August 2011. The Act has two main effects:

1. to amend the Disability Discrimination Act by extending the criteria.

2. to produce a cross-departmental autism strategy.

Please see below for the different stages in making the Autism Bill (NI) into the Autism Act (NI) 2011:

Bill Stage	Date Completed / Status	All Associated documents and links
First Stage	08 November 2010	Bill as Introduced (HTM) (PDF) Explanatory & Financial Memorandum as Introduced Official Report - 08 November 2010
Second Stage	07 December 2010	Official Report - 07 December 2010
Committee Stage	11 February 2011	Committee Report on the Autism Bill
Consideration Stage	23 February 2011	Notice of Amendments - 16 February 2011 Marshalled List of Amendments - 22 February 2011 Grouping List of Amendments - 22 February 2011 Bill (As Amended at Consideration Stage) (HTM) (PDF) Explanatory and Financial Memorandum (revised) Official Report - 23 February 2011
Further Consideration Stage	07 March 2011	Notice of Amendments - 02 March 2011 Marshalled List of Amendments - 07 March 2011 Grouping List of Amendments - 07 March 2011 Bill (As Amended at Further Consideration Stage) (HTM) (PDF) Explanatory and Financial Memorandum (revised) Official Report - 07 March 2011
Final Stage	15 March 2011	Official Report - 15 March 2011
Royal Assent	09 May 2011	Act - Link to OPSI