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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-asbestos-related-conditions-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-4",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/28",
  "legislation_title": "Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-asbestos-related-conditions-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Commencement and retrospective effect",
  "text": "(1) This Act (other than this subsection and section 5) comes into operation on such day as the Department of Finance and Personnel may by order appoint.\n(2) Sections 1 and 2 are to be treated for all purposes as having always had effect.\n(3) But those sections have no effect in relation to—\n(a) a claim which is settled before the date on which subsection (2) comes into operation (whether or not legal proceedings in relation to the claim have been commenced); or\n(b) legal proceedings which are determined before that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 wholly in operation at 14.12.2011; s. 4(1) in operation at Royal Assent see s. 4(1); s. 4(2)(3) in operation at 14.12.2011 by S.R. 2011/409, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 4(1) power fully exercised: 14.12.2011 appointed by S.R. 2011/409, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/28/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:39.112464+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."
}