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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/1",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into operation of sections 50, 51 and 52 of, and Schedule 5 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is 2nd January 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Sections 50 to 52 are modified in their application to Northern Ireland by paragraphs 33-35 of Schedule 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 5 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 52 of Schedule 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/1/article/2",
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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."
}