{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-relations-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1975/article-4",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1975/417",
  "legislation_title": "Community Relations (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-relations-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1975",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Functions of the Department of Education",
  "text": "Para.(1) rep. by 1999 NI 1\n(2) ... The Department of Finance and Personnel shall be responsible for formulating and sponsoring policies for the improvement of community relations in Northern Ireland.\n(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2), the powers of the Department of Finance of Personnel under that paragraph include—\n(a) giving financial or other assistance to any persons or organisations appearing to the Department of Finance and Personnel to be concerned with community relations; and\n(b) giving financial assistance towards the conduct of research into community relations.\nPara.(4) rep. by SR 1990/77\n(5) In paragraphs (2) and (3) any reference to community relations shall be construed as including a reference to any matter connected with or affecting those relations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SR 1990/77"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1975/417/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:15.114982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}