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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2021/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/114",
  "legislation_title": "The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transfer to the Department for Communities of certain functions of the Executive Office",
  "text": "The functions which immediately before the transfer date are exercisable by the Executive Office under or for the purposes of section 19 of the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 are transferred as from that date to the Department for Communities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, on which the functions were conferred, was renamed the Executive Office by section 1(1) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016. Section 1(1) came into operation on 8th May 2016."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2016 c. 15 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/114/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:39:17.668723+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."
}