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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/55",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DISABLED PERSONS\nMade 20th February 2004\nComing into operation 1st October 2004\nThe Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, being a department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to discrimination, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1819)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/55/introduction",
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  "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."
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