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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-discrimination-act-1995-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions commenced",
  "text": "The provisions referred to in Article 2 are—\n(a) section 1 (Meaning of “disability” and “disabled person”);\n(b) section 2 (Past disabilities);\n(c) section 3 (Guidance);\n(d) section 16(3) in so far as it relates to the definitions of “sub-lease” and “sub-tenancy”, and (5) in so far as it relates to paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 (Sub-leases etc.);\n(e) section 28 (Provision of advice and assistance);\n(f) section 59 (Statutory authority and national security);\n(g) section 62(1), (2) and (7) (Restriction of publicity: industrial tribunals);\n(h) section 67 (Regulations and orders);\n(i) section 68(1) (Interpretation);\n(j) section 69 (Financial provisions);\n(k) section 70(7) (House of Commons and Northern Ireland Assembly disqualification);\n(l) Schedule 1 (with the exception of paragraph 7) (Provisions Supplementing Section 1);\n(m) Schedule 2 (Past Disabilities);\n(n) Schedule 4, paragraph 4 (Sub-leases etc.).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 3 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 2 of Schedule 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 51(2) of Schedule 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 28 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 14 of Schedule 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 59 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 39 of Schedule 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 62(2) and (7) is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 42 of Schedule 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 67 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 46 of Schedule 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Section 68(1) is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 47(1) of Schedule 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/219/article/3",
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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."
}